Time for bed

Kaiser is conked out in his cage.

Today

Today has been a little off for me. I got up and went to church. Because they had a special service for the youth program and a reception afterwards I didn't get home until almost a quarter till one. Very late to start the rest of the day.
I also had my monthly CCN meeting tonight (church chat as Tom calls it). So as enjoyable as my CCN meeting always is, today was kind of a wash.

Bonsai

This is one of my bonsai trees. Bonsais are an interesting thing, clipping the leaves can be very meditative. Caring for them can become obsessive.

Zelda

Zelda is actually a really good girl. She's the best of the two as far as behaving well. Kaiser is an instigator, is probably more fun in general and has a really good bark. Zelda can be so very annoying because she constantly wants someone to throw a toy for to go and fetch. Morning, noon or night she wants to be catching a ball, squeaky toy or something else.

Regardless, she is a good girl. She is a great nap buddy and her affection when coming home from work is unparalleled.

My obsession (one of)

Sometimes I think being obsessed with the dogs is a bad thing. Like being obsessed with velvet Elvis paintings or old 70's muscle cars. Something other people might look down on.

But then I am always reminded how special they are.

Every morning after the blaring alarm clock jolts me into reality, I drag myself out of bed after hitting the snooze button at least twice. Kaiser acts like he needs to go out to do his business, but as soon as he sees an empty spot on the bed (my spot) he runs for it. I guess a good warm spot on the bed is hard to turn down.

Zelda on the other hand basically tears a rut in the carpet getting downstairs and out the backdoor so she can go out. And when she comes back in she is full of energy and affection for a couple of brief moments. Then she starts scanning the floor for toys like a minuteman brigade scanning the border for immigrants.

As soon as she finds a toy, your peaceful morning with a cup of coffee and the paper are over.

But alas, it's really worth it. As my mornings have become accustomed to a repetition of throwing a soggy ball or piece of a former chew toy for Zelda, I am reminded these are also children of God, I love them very much and my life wouldn't be normal nor complete without them.

Tenn women win it all

Tennessee won the women's bball title tonight. I can't stand the UT football team or their men's bball team, but I'm a huge fan of their women's team. I'm also a big fan of Pat Summit. So cheers to the UT Vols.

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Tamiflu sucks

The folks came up to visit and to take me out to dinner this past Monday. It was great to see them and have a good meal down at Suggins.

The next morning though, I woke up around 2 am vomiting, I barely made it into the bathroom. I spent the next few hours being sick and debating whether or not to go into work. Around 8 am, after having showered and gotten ready I finally realized there wasn't a chance I was going to make it to work. I called in sick, although I made it in that afternoon for a little bit.

I was off Wednesday as well and although I went in Thursday, I was worthless. Friday I felt better but nowhere near 100%.

I went to my doctor on Thursday, he didn't think I had anything major. He offered to prescribe me Tamiflu just in case. I said sure, thinking I would take anything to be well once and for all.

Come to find out Tamiflu has major side effects. Nauseua, dizziness, vertigo etc. The upside is Tamiflu can cut short the flu by *one* day. Are all of those side effects worth the freakin *one* day? I don't really think so.

Tamiflu made me feel awful so I quit taking it. Since then I have felt better and better.

Who thought Tamiflu was a good idea?