This collection of entries is from December 18, 2004.
We went to B&B's house tonight for our annual Christmas Dinner. Unfortunately, Debbie is still slaving-away at Field's at Water Tower and just couldn't get away to join us. She was missed.
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The drive to their house was probably the worst drive yet - an hour and a half. There was a ton of traffic - had to be Christmas shoppers. There were accidents, too. Idiots.
We had some hors d'oeuvre's and talked a while. Barry had made is own cocktail sauce for the shrimp which was the deadliest thing that I think I ever had. I just wasn't ready for the severity of the horseradish - it was strong.
Barry had picked-up a beef tenderloin at the Paulina Market for dinner. It was wonderful - a bit rarer than I would like (I'm a medium rare guy, while this was right up Carol's Rare alley...).
We watched pieces of Love, Actually before dinner and watched a Travel Channel special on a Royal Caribbean Cruise's 12-day Mediterranean tour (something that we're interested in doing in 2006).
All in all - as always - it was another great night just talking and enjoying friends.
The weather changed while we were at their house - the temperature dropped and we were getting battered with lake effect snow, which meant the trip out of the city was a bit dicey, but it was better when we got closer to home (well, except for the roads icing-up).
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An update on Indy the Bunny:
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SHE'S HOME!
Apparently, she had become quite a handful since we've seen her Thursday night. She's grunting and jumping at people and, in general, just didn't want to be around there any more.
So, she's finally home. She's eating - a little. She's drinking water - a little, but in general, I think she's just happy to be home. She seems a little tired - when she trots around the family room, she needs to lie down for a while. I guess that could happen if you don't eat.
We Still have to give her some antibiotics and some G.I. medicine, but hopefully we won't have to force feed her.
I have a theory: They vets were panicking that she wasn't eating, so they we pumping her full of Critical Care stuff. Well, I know Indy - if she was full, she wouldn't eat. Makes sense, right? So, if you stop force feeding her, she'll start to eat on her own, right? So far, the theory is holding up - though she's not eating a lot. Also, the size of her pellets is small - that could be because the force feedings were toward the end were mixed heavily with water, so she was peein' more than she was poopin'. We need to watch all of this.
Total cost of veterinary bills: $1,261.51
OUCH
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3 Year Blogiversary!
I started
"My Mundane Mid-Life" three years ago today, and I'm
still trying to write
something every day.
Boy has it been difficult. I think it's just the way I'm managing the blog righht now - which is to say I'm not doing a good management job. Days would go by and I wouldn't publish a thing.
I'd still write the entries, but I just wouldn't publish them. I've got to get out of that trap.
I'm writing for me - I'm not relying on anybody out there being interested in things that I am interested in and trying to satisfy those readers. The only reader I'm trying to satisfy is myself. If anybody stmbles by here and enjoys the website, than that's just all gravy...
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