too late

We took Little Puppy to the vet this morning. Of course, having made the appointment at a time when we were concerned because she seemed ill, she has been perfectly fine the last few days, full of energy, and eating well. Perhaps the key to keeping her healthy is to keep threatening her with trips to the vet.

We went, on recommendation, to the same vet that Shawn's dad and stepmom go to with their dog. I liked her better than the one we went to last time for everyone's booster shots, and she told us she has whippets, which are a similar breed, so I am thinking we may stick with this one. She took a blood draw and then sent us home with a cup in which to collect some urine whenever Little Puppy should next feel the urge.

Of course there was no way on earth she was going to allow me to hold a little cup underneath her while she peed, so instead, we set her up purposely to have an accident on the floor and then I got down on and hands and knees and picked it up with an eyedropper. Hehe, the things we do for love.

I told the secretary, when I dropped the sample off, that she ought to warn the people at the lab about the way this particular sample had been collected, lest they become terribly concerned about the fact that this animal seems to be excreting crumbs (or any other kitchen debris) in her urine.

I am keeping fingers crossed the results show that nothing is wrong and she has a sensitive tummy. At least if there's nothing seriously wrong I can stop feeling so frightened every time she throws up.

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The roofers started working on our house on Thursday and we now have part of the roof re-shingled, and we also have zillions of ripped off shingles lying all over the yard and tarps and plywood everywhere. It doesn't look too nice right now but I think I will enjoy the sound of rain drumming on the roof a whole lot more when I can stop wondering if it's going to start leaking at any moment.

The next big project will be the kitchen which we decided to push back to January to avoid having a longer wait over Christmas break without any kitchen counter tops. At best, it sounds like it's going to be four weeks between the installation of the cupboards and the installation of the granite. Sometimes when I think about how often we eat sandwiches or cheese and crackers for dinner, it seems insane to go to all this trouble to remodel the kitchen.

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