doesn't feel like monday

we're taking the cats to the vet today. eliot needs a booster shot of some sort and yellow's been sniffly for far too long. we'll probably come home with antibiotics for him; he loves taking medicine (sarcasm). i'm supposed to bring a sample of eliot's fecal material but it's difficult to differentiate his from yellow's; i've yet to catch eliot in the act of shitting. he's sneaky.

for contrast, the dogs went through a day or so of gross incontinence (mostly urinary but some fecal), perhaps related to their surgeries, but that passed. dagmar's sutures seem to have been absorbed into his system. steve's incision has been a bit reddish (it's so long, they must have done a hysterectomy; i should ask today to see the transcription of the op note) but i think it's all right. (but how do i know? i'm not a doctor; i'm just smart enough to be one.) it's hard to keep them still. they want to play.

kara got me an hp photosmart for christmas and i've been messing with it. it's more complicated than it seems to need to be. to print a photo i first have to put it in a separate database of photos; i don't think i can just print it directly from my pictures. anyway. i'm still messing with it. maybe next christmas we'll actually produce christmas cards and send them out. that would be weird.

also weird: kara and i bought plants yesterday and planted them in the back yard. we're hoping we got some sturdy groundcover and we're hoping the dogs don't dig them up immediately. and we're hoping it's not too bizarre a time of year to be thinking about gardening. isn't it january?

oh - and we're on vacation. we have this week off. over saturday and sunday i rearranged the furniture & clutter in my office here. i like it better now; the room seems bigger. tomorrow i have a phone interview with another transcription company (don't ask me why; if i leave multicare i would probably quit transcription; i filled out an application online when i was feeling goofy and they called me several times; if i don't interview i would only upset them) and wednesday we're going to seattle. shopping, lunch, strip clubs? that's all we have planned for the week so far. i'm back at work a week from yesterday.