Moving Stuff Around

"You're selfish and my son is giving and the combination isn't going to last much longer." - Grey's Anatomy

I have been very sick. I hate feeling this way. It started on Monday night, then I felt bad on Tuesday and by Wednesday I was a wreck. When I get sick, I tend to be sick for a very long time. This sickness lasted a good week and I was bed ridden for most of it. There is nothing more lonely than being home sick alone to make you feel alone in the larger sense of the word. I was once told that I get sick a lot, but I have been very proud of the fact that I haven't been sick in a very long time. But you can't fight it forever and here I am now. I have health insurance, but I won’t use it.

I finally took my cats to vet. This was a long time coming. I took them to Banfield, which I have to say I think very highly of. I didn’t know which vet to take them to last year, but now I felt safe taking them there. Koki and Mia were not happy to get into their carriers and get in the truck. Maybe it had a little to do with the fact that that last time that happened, they ended up in the car for over 24 hours. I was worried I would get yelled at by the vet for being the worst owner ever. I thought he would say, look, love doesn't keep your cats immunized from deadly diseases. Instead, they were not hard on me at all and just gave the cats the shots they needed and gave me advice on watching their health. Koki has plaque, so I have to start brushing her teeth. Are you serious? I don't know if I will actually do this, but I never saw myself brushing my cats teeth...there just seems to be a line where one goes from responsible owner to well brushing a cats teeth. The only thing about the trip I wasn't too happy with was the fact I have to take them both back in 3 weeks for a booster shot. I was hoping this would be a one time only thing. I am happy to know my cats are in ok health, but they still need to lose some weight. Can you believe that Mia weighs more than Koki? A funny moment was when I tried to pass on the rabies shot and the nurse told me that it wasn’t my choice and that it was required by law.
It is now official, I am now a Sprint customer and no longer with Cingular. Not only will I be saving all kinds of money now that I can talk to Erika for free at any time, there are also lots of other people I can talk to and not have to worry about counting my minutes. I should of done this a lot sooner since I’ve always had reason to change to Sprint, but recently I was able to get out of my Cingular contract and jumped on this chance to get out. I did go with the Treo and other than the fact that is much much bigger than my razr, I think I'm really starting to love it. It is a great toy and I'm learning to use it to watch tv and other random things you can do with it. It does feel comparatively heavy, but I think I will be ok with that.

The Red Sox are not in the playoffs. A few years ago, they became my favorite team and I even went to see them play here in Baltimore. This year the Yankees beat them yet again. I've learned to love to hate the Yankees since college. I'll be rooting against them, while Juan and Herbert are rooting for them. I hope this year's playoffs are exciting. I guess I was just a bandwagon fan and my love for the team ended when I was let down with their play. I’ve always been an Astro’s fan, but this year things didn’t work out either.

Poker talk: quickly, I won $500 in a $15 rebuy tournament. I was really proud of my play and though I did get lucky, it felt good to do well. I won a smaller $280 one too and lost two very close ones. They are a huge time suck, but I’m really enjoying these satellite type of tournament.

I got news from my Grandmother today that my grandfather was eating food now. That is really great news and a testament to her faith and belief that he would get better. She even called me later so we could talk. He asked me why I haven’t been to visit him, but I think that is because he can’t remember the last two times I was there.

Sleep can’t fix your problems