One of those days

[cjsmith]

Ever have one of those days when you're pretty much sorry you did every single thing you did that day?

1. Woke up. Found about eight million spots of cat puke all over the house. Again.
2. Went to work. A bummer right there, really.
3. Bought lunch; arrived back at work just when the delicious leftovers from the sales meeting became available for the rest of us.
4. Got productive just when I was starting to feel guilty for not coming home.
5. Made a side trip to pick up some stuff rfrench and I needed. Bad idea. Mostly, all I found was crap we didn't really need, crap I then felt obligated to spend money on.
6. Came home. Was greeted with "You missed some spots of cat puke this morning. It ruined the finish on the dining room table."

Right then. Can I have today over?

Comments

[msmichelle.livejournal.com]

1. You are a good person. You have cats in your family.
2. Eh. It's not your life.
3. Kind of a bummmer. Agreed.
4. You GO with your bad self, and then leave.
5. Spending money can be a good thing, right?
6. Men.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I broke out laughing at your last line. :) (I also read it to rfrench, who laughed too.)

I am reassuring myself that the dining room table was *already* pretty crappy. :-)

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

LOL. Great perspectives.

[firecat]

Well, oh boy do I sympathize about the cat puke.

(And these are the very large fingerless gloves I'm wearing so I don't comment on #6.)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Jackie has a way of leaving fifteen little spots scattered widely instead of one big spot in one place. And it happens pretty often. I think the poor thing has some sort of digestive problem. Duchess has a LOT more hair and she gets a basic hairball maybe once in a month.

We shoulda had a plastic cover on the table. But hey, it's already been ruined. I set a Sterno lid on there once and that was the end of that. If we really wanted to we could have it revarnished.

Cat puke

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

I have a cat that had 'lots of hairballs' (in fact, looks a lot like Jackie!). Actually, I have two cats, both long-hair, black cats. One threw up lots, the other hardly ever did. The one who throws up lots has kitty IBD.

That's managed thru a novel protein diet and/or drugs. Which is not necessarily what Jackie has, but might be worth looking into.

Re: Cat puke

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

You've mentioned this before and it stuck in my mind. I suspect she's got SOMEthing, and IBD might well be it. If I take her to my vet and say "does this cat have IBD" are there tests he can run that will diagnose it?

Re: Cat puke

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

IBD is diagnosed definitively with biopsy, is my understanding. I went thru a number of prior procedures and tests before doing that. However, many cats are managed just by changing diet to a 'novel' protein that they haven't eaten before. THese are prescription foods or you have to make them yourself (I tried that for a bit, but the cats didn't like it any better than the canned stuff), like IVD (a brand).

Which is not to say it's necessarily IBD, but throwing up that much probably isn't 'normal.'

Re: Cat puke

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

biopsy

Ow. :/

Novel protein, eh? That could be an easy thing to start.

And yeah, I think she's got SOMEthing wrong. Poor mite.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've had my share of those days. You have my permission to have the day over again, for all the good my permission does. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks! Maybe today will be that excellent do-over I was wanting.

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

No, you don't want the day over. You want a new day :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hey look! I got one! Amazing how that works :)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just (:

[butterfly-smile.livejournal.com]

Yes you can darling, anytime.
If anyone deserves it, it is you.
((((((HUGS))))))

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you! :-) *hugsback*