Preparations for our almost 4 year Monkey are in full swing.
There are balloons covering the living room floor. Crap from the dollar store all over the kitchen counters. Birthday cereal is in the pantry. And in the spirit of full disclosure, I am sitting here in my chair by the living room window all decked out in a pink flowery butterflied heart emblazoned pointy party hat. You need to test these things out and make sure they fit. AND LEAVE IT ON. According to the 4 year old minus one day birthday girl, anyways.
(Yes. Murphy's Law being what it is, the DINKS from next door just walked by the window. I didn't wave.)
I found myself a tad melancholy today as I realized that our family is no longer going to have a 3 year old. I love three year olds. It's one of my favourite ages. Still innocent but toilet trained and independent with so many things. And not too much lip.
The Monkey was our holy crap surprise child and I've loved 96% of these years with her in our lives. But tomorrow she turns 4.
And I know what's coming.
Attitude.
Lip.
Snottiness.
Did I mention the attitude?
In the midst of today's melancholy, I asked The Monkey what we should write on her birthday cake tomorrow.
"Hmmmmm.....how 'bout......Gimme my presents!!!"
And then I bought beer.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
I Am Not a Vet
Today was a big day in the Mahoney household.
It was time to Bob Barker Charlie the Cat.
I dropped him off at the local vet for his little surgery and the lovely lady behind the desk asked me to fill out some forms. As I was filling them out, we chatted back and forth about what vaccinations he was having done and she wrote some stuff down on her clipboard.
Then she said, "Are both of Charlie's testicles descended?"
To which I responded, "It took me 2 months to figure out what sex he was. I have no idea if he has an undescended testicle."
I mean seriously. Have you seen the size of a 5 1/2 month old cat's nether regions? I'll be perfectly honest with you...I've been sweating taking him to the vet all week because I was worried I was going to be told Charlie was a girl and I was an idiot and quite possibly a moron and I had absolutely no business owning a pet. Plus, the surgery would have been more money and you all know how I feel about that.
So, no. I didn't know if both of Charlie's testicles had descended.
Then I got to drive home having a conversation with an 8 year old girl about undescended testicles and vets hacking off a cat's scrotum and why exactly the vet had to do that. I was very glad I was able to avoid eye contact throughout that whole conversation.
But the day ended well. I mean, it ended well for me. At this particular moment, Charlie is looking at me like he's pretty sure I just ruined his life, but for me the day went well. Two descended testicles it was and that meant a simple surgery and easy recovery for Charlie. And no additional costs for doing whatever a vet has to do to cut off an undescended testicle. And that makes for an easier recovery for me.
So there it is. I don't blog for 6 weeks and when I finally do, I use the word 'testicle' 7 times.
Yep. Things may be back to normal around here.
It was time to Bob Barker Charlie the Cat.
"You're going to what?! To my WHAT?!"
I dropped him off at the local vet for his little surgery and the lovely lady behind the desk asked me to fill out some forms. As I was filling them out, we chatted back and forth about what vaccinations he was having done and she wrote some stuff down on her clipboard.
Then she said, "Are both of Charlie's testicles descended?"
To which I responded, "It took me 2 months to figure out what sex he was. I have no idea if he has an undescended testicle."
I mean seriously. Have you seen the size of a 5 1/2 month old cat's nether regions? I'll be perfectly honest with you...I've been sweating taking him to the vet all week because I was worried I was going to be told Charlie was a girl and I was an idiot and quite possibly a moron and I had absolutely no business owning a pet. Plus, the surgery would have been more money and you all know how I feel about that.
So, no. I didn't know if both of Charlie's testicles had descended.
Then I got to drive home having a conversation with an 8 year old girl about undescended testicles and vets hacking off a cat's scrotum and why exactly the vet had to do that. I was very glad I was able to avoid eye contact throughout that whole conversation.
But the day ended well. I mean, it ended well for me. At this particular moment, Charlie is looking at me like he's pretty sure I just ruined his life, but for me the day went well. Two descended testicles it was and that meant a simple surgery and easy recovery for Charlie. And no additional costs for doing whatever a vet has to do to cut off an undescended testicle. And that makes for an easier recovery for me.
So there it is. I don't blog for 6 weeks and when I finally do, I use the word 'testicle' 7 times.
Yep. Things may be back to normal around here.
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