I know, I know, I’m slacking again. Thing is, I’ve been really sick for the past week and a half and I really haven’t been motivated to do anything.

The fun thing is that I’ve done all the blood tests and the abdominal ultrasound that I did last time I was sick, and this time, only one of my liver stats was slightly elevated.

We’re waiting for one test to come back to see if I have a virus that’s possibly caused a stomach ulcer (yeah, dandy huh) and if that comes back negative, my dad has decided that I have some sort of weird virus that they’ve never seen. And that I’ve had it since I was sick last year.

Which means, ironically, that I might not be allergic to birth control.

But I doubt it, lol.

Anyway, I’m on three different kinds of meds now and so I’m functioning.. the down side is that I can’t have liquor or caffeine.

Yeah. My life blood. It’s been taken from me. :((

Also, the Porkchop is sitting next to me having a drink and oh my god, that’s painful. The ass, lol.

So in general, the new family unit is functioning quite well. Izzie has no problem hanging out and being within a foot of Reggie, so long as Reggie doesn’t attempt to lick her.

Also, the three seconds of weird barking was not appreciated when the Porkchop was playing the guitar, either, lol.

Ellie, on the other hand, is coming around slowly. She’s back to pooping on the bathroom floor (weird thing to be happy about, but hey, we didn’t want to have to worry about bowel obstructions, thanks), she comes out a few times a day, mainly for wet food and isn’t running away from the gate when Reggie comes to sniff.

She’s found that Izzie’s hiding spot under the table is very handy for observing dog movement.

One cat is on my lap, Regina’s at my feet in her basket, the other cat is finally out of hiding and sitting on top of the bed, as opposed to under, and the Porkchop is getting coffee.

Lovely way to work from home.

Cute, huh?

Somebody, right now, is about to get married in Scotland. Sadly, I am not there. 🙁

Have a wonderful day wendykat! Congrats to you and English… I hope it’s lovely and sunny and warm over there. 🙂

I can’t wait to see pictures…

We’re home from the work trip, it sucked, and I hate work trips, but I did get good schwag, so I guess it wasn’t a total bust. Eh.

We went back to the shelter yesterday (we had gone a couple of weeks ago), and looked at dogs again… and this time, we found one. 🙂

She’s an Australian Blue Cattle Dog, her name is Regina (well, now it is) and she is seven months old. We aren’t picking her up until Wednesday, so I don’t have any pics yet, but she’s a sweetie and we are really looking forward to being dog parents.

Unfortunately, I’m not entirely sure the cats are ready for us to adopt a relative of the canine persuasion. We have a towel that has her smell on it, and while they aren’t entirely averse to it, they don’t seem particularly thrilled, either.

I’m sure I’ll have a doozy of a home video on Wednesday afternoon, lol.

My company is running a conference in Baltimore. I made the Porkchop come with me because a) it’s boring, b) I need a drinking buddy every night and c) with him here, I have a good excuse to not go out with my bosses at night.

So far, at the airport the mean people threw away about $50 worth of lotions and lipstick. Granted, I forgot my little plastic baggie, but I figured they’d have one (every other time they have), but they didn’t, so I had to toss my stuff.

Then the taxi tried to kill us.

Also, being in this close proximity to my boss for this many hours is very, VERY wrong.

And it’s the greatest thing in the world.

Truly, it is.

It’s a cotton Mexihammock that I picked up a few years ago and it’s quite lovely.

The Wookie and I accomplished a great deal today. 😀

The Wookie loves the hammock. 🙂

Working from home… 😉

Nice view..

My littlest cat Ellie thinks she is a squirrel. I don’t know if it’s the likeness of the bushy tail or what, but this cat thinks that squirrels are her folk.

We installed a bird feeder, staked to the ground, outside the front window last weekend.

And the squirrels have come. And the cat is sooo happy.

When I was a kid, there were squirrels who would come up to our kitchen door and eat cheetos and peanut butter out of our hands. My sister and I loved it, and we named a cute one who came often Ringer, a nod to the white ring of fur that circled his left eye.

Sadly, one summer our neighbors across the street decided that there were too many squirrels and started a “catch and release” program with traps. (We know, they killed them. Don’t rub it in.)

Ringer never came back.

I think I’ll hold off on naming Ellie’s new friend for now.