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there's no pleasant way to say this so i'll just say it. eliot's asshole was horrendously inflamed. (the image to the left is not actually eliot. truth, it's no one i know.)

by his demeanor it was clear he was quite uncomfortable. he scooted his tender behind across the floor, this time, fortunately, not leaving a fecal trail. kara took him to the vet this morning and i picked him up after work. he was spot-shaved a bit and had his anal sacs expressed. we got some antibiotics to put on his wee bum.

he seems to feel better. he was a little shellshocked fresh from the vet, but he's relaxed some since.

in more pleasant news, jennifer and rick were here! we had a great time, though the visit was quite quick and felt interrupted by my shifts at work and kara's shifts at work. they also got to see rick's cousin who lives here in tacoma, so that was good for them.

saturday we had a good day by the fire, relaxing and reading. monday (yesterday) we went to seattle and did a spot of shopping. we visited the elliott bay book company (of course).

kara was recognized by a former colleague, which was interesting. whenever i go there i see employees i recognize (sometimes i think it's weird that some of the same people are still working there. do they not have anything else they want to do with their lives? but then i remember that once upon a time i wanted to be a lifelong bookseller. of course, i did grow out of it ...) but i don't particularly believe they recognize me, as i worked there for something like 3 months something like 5 years ago.

i'm not moping about not being recognized.

then we strolled down first avenue to pike place market. we saw the fish throwers and lots of tourists and produce and handmade jewelry. kara and i bought a watercolor triptych - usually i'm not keen on watercolors but this one was nice - folks in bathtubs. then we came home. we watched "the daily show" and i went to bed.

i got up crazy early this morning and went to work. jennifer and rick flew back to ohio. kara took eliot to the vet and went to work.