Zing!

It's been freaking nuts, as usual. The apartment is full of unfolded laundry and dirty dishes, as usual. Every surface and a lot of the floor is covered in stuff.

It's business as usual around here.

Friday I got my final rabies shot. This way, if I get bitten by a suspected or confirmed rabid animal, I'll only have to get half the shots. Hooray.

I had a mild allergic reaction to this one. Previously they were just sore, and nothing like Tetanus. This one, though, swelled up in a circle a couple inches across. Itched and hurt for 3 days. Not pleasant, but all done now! Still itches a little, though.

Saturday was especially nuts. I took the dog out at 6 a.m. before going to work to find that our car had been broken into. Joke's on them, kind of, because there was nothing of value in our car. They took my husband's iPod, which was a 3rd gen and ten years old. Literally worthless; recyclable only. Has 20-second battery life. Moron. Also took maybe $2 in quarters.

That'll cost us $164 to fix. I hope karma kicks them in the nuts.

At work, a bunch of animals were surrendered. I can remember six crazy 7-month old puppies who may have ringworm (and so might I, because I handled them*), two massive "German Shepherds" and two elderly beagles. I also heard that one lady surrendered 8 cats.

*Fun fact: Ringworm is the most common infection that staff get from animals!

Tubby, one of the "German Shepherds", is my new favorite. He's some kind of shepherd, but I'm not sure it's German. He's nothing but fur and is 103 lbs. He's very sweet, loves attention, listens to commands and loves belly rubs. He's great.

What annoys me is when people surrender animals and obviously just don't care about them. The guy who surrendered him is, I suspect, the owner's son or son-in-law. He didn't know anything about the dogs and just had an attitude that annoys me. The owner is elderly and has had surgery and can no longer care for the huge 8-year-old dogs. It's sad. I'd take Tubby in a heartbeat. His buddy, Tundra, maybe just because I feel sorry for her. I think she misses her buddy more than her owner. He, I think, misses his owner more.

A family also brought in two kittens, Charlie (girl) and Jack (boy). They were so young they still had umbilical cords attached. They said they waited for mom to come back, but she never did, and they suspect hawks ate the rest of the litter.

They're in foster now, but there was a little scare when receiving told us they had maggots on them. That's usually a bad sign. We thought it was just dirt because they weren't moving and didn't look like what I think of when I hear "maggots".

In fact, doing a little Googling*, I see that they were eggs, not yet maggots. Regardless, we cleaned them up and they're doing just fine.

*Don't Google "maggots" or "fly eggs".

That night we had kabobs with friends, which were delicious and I had lunch for two days after. Remy enjoyed the backyard, as usual.

Remy was spayed on Monday. She did not enjoy the kennel. She was zonked out for a couple hours with her tongue hanging out. I took her out to potty and she stumbled a bit but didn't seem to notice. We'll have to keep an eye on her for the next two weeks, but it doesn't look like she'll have to wear the Cone of Shame.