2 Wheelers

Welcome to Monday....hope everyone enjoyed their weekend.

We seem to have a rather large bicycle population here in the valley. From spring to fall you can see packs of them on their bikes, their colorful helmets and racing jerseys pulling your attention to them. And I'm not just talking about 4 or 5 riders; I mean 12, 16 or more in a group. It's like a plague of locusts! These people annoy me to no end. They think they own the dang road! These folks get angry at those of us who are of the opinion that they need to ride on the shoulder of the road or at least in single-file. They say that they have the right to ride on the streets. Well, okay...if you're gonna use the road then follow the rules of the road. Like stopping at a 4-way stop, for instance. Or how about pulling over to the side to let the backed-up traffic behind your slow riding 2-wheel butts go by you? Here's an idea...not a road rule but just something that seems like a good sense....DON'T RIDE THROUGH THE CANYONS!!! These roads are narrow, without a shoulder most of the time (and when there is one they're very very small), winding road with blind curves. NOT a good place to ride a bicycle!! It's hard enough to drive a car through the canyons on these roads; we don't need to try to navigate around you and your bicycle! Bicyclers seem to want it both ways...they want to use the streets but don't want to follow the rules. Pick one, guys - either get with the program or get off the road.

Feelin' Lazy

Yes! Friday Friday Friday!! Sooooo hard to get out of bed this morning. I would love to be anyplace other than at work today, especially if I can spend it with family and friends :0)

Kitty update: Scar is doing quite a bit better; he's breathing so much easier and is acting like his old self. Yesterday I brought my son some popcorn chicken and fries home for lunch and Scar practically mugged him for the chicken! I don't know who ate more, Chris or the cat (LOL). So I will contact the vet and request that we continue with the injection(s) until they are no longer working. But of course if there is even the slightest hint that Scar is in pain, we will do the right thing and put him to sleep :0< Not looking forward to that day at all.

Our town is beginning it's normal week-long 4th of July celebration this weekend, starting with a rodeo tonight and tomorrow. They have all kinds of activities through out the week - dances, food and crafts in the town square, all kinds of stuff for the children, and it ends on the 2nd with our firework show. For a small town, our fireworks are actually really good. Then next week during the 3rd - 5th is the annual Cruise In car show, with the band Styx playing a concert the night of the 3rd. Each year the car club that hosts the Cruise In gives away a car; each admission ticket is put into the hopper and they draw a name the last day of the car show. This year is a 1970 Dodge Charger - a good ol' made in the USA muscle car. Woo hoo!!! I didn't get the '68 Camaro they gave away 2 years ago, so maybe this will be my lucky year (ha ha). Although right now with the gas prices I can't afford to DRIVE IT!

You all enjoy your weekend and stay cool!

Good and Bad

The good news is that I found our sick cat, Scar, Tuesday night. He was laying in the hay field across the road from our house. Apparently it had become so hard for him to breathe that the exertion of walking back home was just too much for him to handle. So I scooped him up and carried him home while he purred happily. The bad news is that the vet examined him yesterday and showed me the x-rays of his little body, which is now filled with fluid (and I do mean filled...his chest and abodomen are full which is why he can't breathe well...no room for air) due to a condition called Feline Infectious Peritonitus. Its caused by a virus (vet said he's probably had this since he was born and that is common) and is incurable. There are a couple things we are trying to see if it will help him breathe better (a shot of anitbiotic and a shot of diuretic, which are seeming to help) but eventually he will die from it. So while we're happy to have him home, it's just a waiting game now to see how much longer we have him.

'bye Scar

Yesterday I was supposed to take our cat, Scar, to the vet. He has been breathing heavily the last while and over the weekend it worsened considerably. Of course there aren't any vets open Saturday nights or on Sundays, so I figured I would take him yesterday morning. He has been acting normal - eating good, drinking well, wanting attention - aside from the breathing, and I was thinking he may have a bit of asthma from what I had read online. He was wanting out Sunday night to get the cool night air, which seemed to make him feel better. So I let him out. Yesterday morning....no Scar. Went to work to turn in vacation request, get a report done, came home....no Scar. Waited all day. No Scar. No Scar this morning. I'm pretty sure we won't be seeing our kitty again. And I am wracked with guilt because I didn't get him to the vet and I am afraid he is laying out there suffering. I think it would take 2 of me to feel any worse. I hope to God he shows up so I can get him help, but it's so unusual for him to not to come home, especially if he's not feeling well, that I think he's gone. So 'bye Putzo...we'll miss your fuzzy little "Nermal" face, your curly tummy hairs and your white "boxing gloves", and I will even miss the mouse parts on the doorstep.