So last week the vet told me that I needed to bring Eggs in for another blood test to check his sugar.

Apparently, they realized that they had left a little bit of blood coursing around his body and wanted to rectify that error and remove it immediately. And they wonder why he is so thin.

Anyway, I told them that I didn't know when I could get the car and they said that I could just call on the morning that I wanted to bring him in (which would have to be Tuesday or Thursday last week, because that would be the only two days that the office would be open) and I would be able to bring him in without an appointment.

I thought I would kill two birds with one stone, because my Boo! cds had been at the Union City post office for two weeks and I hadn't been able to get my ass over there (you have to drive, it's not in walking distance like the Weehawken branch). So I didn't give the cat breakfast and I bundled him into the carrier and drove to the post office, stopping after pulling out of the driveway in order to put my mittens on because the steering wheel was too cold to touch with bare hands. My Christ it was cold.

Then I drove around for twenty minutes looking for a parking place. There is no such thing as a parking lot in Union City, if you want to park you are damn well on your own. And if you can't parallel park, like myself, you are even more out of luck. I finally found something that was two cars long, therefor I could park into it without doing the "drive one inch forward-turn the wheel-now one inch backwards" dance for hours on end, went to the post office, got my cds, ran back to the car, realized that I had forgotten where I parked, ran back looking at the cars more carefully, found it, then called the vet to say that I was on my way over.

"I'm sorry, we won't be able to fit you in until after noon."
"Um, but I was told that I could just come in without and appointment and be seen right away?"
"Normally yes, but we only have one technician today and we are packed full."
"Um, okay."

So I drove Elvis home. I hope that he enjoyed his ride in the car!

I know that I mentioned this above, but it really was nightmarishly cold yesterday.

They had been saying on the news that it would be quite astoundingly cold with a high of 17°, which is just so wrong that I cannot even fathom, so I decided to dress appropriately for the weather for once in my life. I found my PolarFleece leggings that I haven't worn in a couple of years and wore them under my jeans, and then I found my heaviest wool sweater that was in the pile of sweaters that I need to take to the cleaners, but since I never ever take anything to the cleaners, that pile has just been sitting there sadly for ages. I was so warm, the only cold place was the small area of my face unswathed by my hat or scarf.

When I got to the office, though, I had a good look at the sweater and realized why it was in the cleaners pile. It's kind of a hairy sweater, and it looks normal from a distance even of six inches, but I was looking at it and realized that it was a trifle hairier than it ought to have been. It seems that a cat or two were using the sweater as a bed, because I started peeling off handfuls of cat hair. And let me emphasize again, it looked completely normal unless you were right on top of it.

Okay, I really need to go to the cleaners soon. Especially if this cold snap continues.

Today's horoscope:
You may grumble about your routine, but the truth is, you secretly enjoy it. New friendship is more likely than ever when it's between people with shared values.

One year ago today:
I sat at my desk, wondering what the hell people with no computers did at night? And then I remembered, they slept!

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