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charliesmum ([personal profile] charliesmum) wrote2005-04-18 12:16 pm
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What, me worry?

Dalai Lama quote for the day: If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

I try to live by those words. Like with the job thing. What will happen, will happen. I'm doing what I can, and the rest is out of my hands, right? (and yet I still have that nagging voice in my head saying 'yeah, but...')

I forgot to mention Charlie lost one of top front teeth on Friday. Tooth Fairy brought him a silver dollar. You know, the whole Tooth Fairy tradition is so odd, isn't it - it so obviously stems from some ancient folkloric belief about someone using one's body parts for magic or something. I wonder how paying for it negates it. I need to research that.

My cat is doing much better, by the way. He has a thyroid problem. The antibiotics seem to be clearing up whatever infection he had, and he is much more cheerful and lively, as evidenced by the strip of skin he took off my hand when I gave him his medicine this morning.

The snack food machine in the office is broken. Someone put a sign on it to let folks know this is the case. They wrote, "The machine is broke". That really annoys me. I crossed off 'broke' and wrote 'broken'. That was snotty of me, wasn't it? Tough. These are grown people who ought to know the difference between 'broke' and 'broken'.

Right. Back to work.
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[personal profile] ladyiapetus 2005-04-18 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
My cat is doing much better, by the way. He has a thyroid problem. The antibiotics seem to be clearing up whatever infection he had, and he is much more cheerful and lively, as evidenced by the strip of skin he took off my hand when I gave him his medicine this morning.

Hyper or hypo? Our gray tabby is hyperthyroid; he was diagnosed about three years ago. The vet has him on Tapozol for it, so we've had to come up with some creative ways to get his pills down him. He got wise to us hiding the pill in his treats, so Mom's moved on to crushing it up and mixing it in with some tuna. He just laps it right up. And it keeps our skin intact :)

[identity profile] charliesmum.livejournal.com 2005-04-18 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep - Hyperthyroid - he has to go on Tapozol as well. The doctor said they'd teach me how to 'pill' him. I'm thinking - yeah, soon as I grow a couple extra arms that'll work fine!

Will try the crushing up, I think.
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[personal profile] ladyiapetus 2005-04-19 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Another little tip - if you don't want to use tuna (at least not right away), try to find a soft food with gravy like Friskies Fine Cuts to mix the pill with.