The good news is that it seems as though Jack is going to be a-okay with a little more time. I've got him on about 4oo bazillion medications, and he's bound and determined to see to it that I can never again afford to have my hair colored by a professional ever again, but I think he'll pull through this one. He's back to bounding around when we go outside and thinking that pretty much anything deposited on the floor belongs to him--interspersed with nasty coughs and sniffles--but we'll take it!
The bad news is... not good, hence the "bad". And really, I'm not ready to talk about it here yet. Because, as we all know, once we talk about things on the Internet, they become REAL. And I'm not down with Reality. I prefer my Reality on the TV, where it belongs.
That being said, amen for the weekends and for the fact that there are only 3 more working days until I am OFF WORK FOR 3 SOLID WEEKS!! It's about dayum time! I haven't taken real leave probably since Christmas. There were those 4 days I went up to visit my grandmother, but considering 2 of those days were spent on the airplane, I didn't ever quite get to the "letting down my hair" stage of the vacay.
So, this weekend will consist of a little volunteer work and cleaning the house like a madwoman before I leave for my trip. I always used to make fun of my mom when she would make us scour the house before we would leave it--what, do we want the robbers to be impressed with our cleanliness when they break in and steal all of our sparkling Mr. Cleaned appliances? But here I am, needing desperately to know that my house will smell pretty when I come home and I can crash on the couch without wondering why I smell eau de dead body emanating from under the kitchen sink.
Hi there! Michele sent me! Is Jack a dog? (LOL ..typed God by accident 1st). I'm a dog person. I am going to look for more Jack posts!
Posted by: julesj66 | October 14, 2005 at 07:54 PM
Hi!! Michele sent me! Hoping the medicine distribution lowers significantly... and hope your vacation is stinkin' beautiful!
Posted by: jenny | October 14, 2005 at 08:59 PM
hi! michele sent me. have a happy (and safe) trip. try to enjoy yourself, ok? :)
Posted by: ribbiticus | October 14, 2005 at 09:07 PM
I'm glad Jack is going to get better soon. Enjoy those three weeks; I'm envious. Are you going up to Seattle for the house hunting?
Posted by: Becky | October 14, 2005 at 10:22 PM
Here via Michelle...
"And I'm not down with Reality. I prefer my Reality on the TV, where it belongs." That cracked me up! Ha!
I'm jealous of you going to Washington, I've been suffering major bouts of homesickness lately! Have a great trip.
Posted by: Toryssa | October 14, 2005 at 10:52 PM
Hi - just returning your Hello from earlier!! Thanks for stopping by my site - I am new to all this and still learning - have a fun weekend!!
Posted by: choccycherry | October 14, 2005 at 11:31 PM
Glad Jack's going to be OK. I'm totally the same way about cleaning my house before a trip. It's just Soooo depressing to return home to a mess, so I kill myself before I leave and then come home to the fresh smell of cleanser. Ahhh...then I can relax! Have a great vacation!
Posted by: Crazy MomCat | October 14, 2005 at 11:50 PM
I know exactly what you mean, sometimes, I hate to type things because as soon as I do they become real.
Michele sent me.
Posted by: TC | October 14, 2005 at 11:58 PM
Have a wonderful trip. Glad Jack is doing better. Take care of yourself and the not goodness.
Posted by: sophie | October 15, 2005 at 02:51 AM
Just lots of hugs your way chica!
xoxo
Posted by: J | October 15, 2005 at 06:18 AM
Yay for Jack! I'm so glad he's acting more dog-like!
And whatever's wrong, I hope becomes okay soon! Let me know if you need to talk:)
Posted by: shani | October 15, 2005 at 06:28 AM
Three weeks off work. That sounds wonderful!
Pop me an email when you're in Seattle. Maybe we can hook up with A for coffee or something.
[email protected]
Posted by: RisibleGirl | October 16, 2005 at 07:37 PM
Well, that's good news about Jack, I was fearing the worst there for a little while. I'm glad he's doing better. Good luck with the "bad stuff" though whatever it isn't.
Posted by: Claire | October 17, 2005 at 12:10 PM
I always like a clean house when I come home. I have come home to a messy house and it sucks.
Glad Jack is better.
In TV reality bad things are wrapped up in an hour or two at the most.
Posted by: nancy | October 18, 2005 at 03:55 PM