Scarlet has already been to the vet. She’s doing fine. There’s no sign of a scratch or cat attack to her eye so most likely she just rubbed against something or got something icky in it.

 

It actually looked a lot better this morning, but still sort of weepy and swollen and I didn’t want to play games with it.

 

The vet said she looks amazing for her age and was super complementary about how pretty she is.

 

I mentioned how she seems to be waddling, and how she gets grumpy sometimes when I pet her hip region. Also how she doesn’t seem to be jumping as much. Apparently that’s normal in older cats. They can develop arthritis, but Scarlet seems to be doing fine.

 

She’s gained a bit of weight actually, and losing weight is usually the #1 sign of an issue. She’s up-to-date on all her shots still, so really things are going good. I was given some eye drops to give her twice a day for 5 days, but that was it.

 

It was so cute. Scarlet doesn’t like being outside of the home, and always tries to hide when we’re in the vet office. She does amazingly well. Doesn’t make a huge fuss, or hiss, or try to run away. Just snuggles super close to me.

 

I had my Army hoodie on this morning since it was a little chilly outside, so while we were waiting on the vet I unzipped it, wrapped Scarlet up against my chest, and zipped the hoodie back up so only her head was poking out. We sat like that, huddled together, on the bench in the room while we waited for the vet to come in.

 

I’m glad it’s over and done. I’m glad that Scarlet is doing well. She’s my baby.

 

I suppose from her perspective it’s a shitty Christmas present.

Me: Merry Christmas! Here is a crate that I am going to stuff you inside of and then drive you to a foreign environment where they are going to poke and prod you and drop weird stuff into your eye ball. I promise this is all because I love you and has nothing to do with me wanting to torment you.

 

We only hurt the ones we love, right?

 

Right now she’s curled up on the bed in my fortress of sheets and pillows. Too cute.

 

Yesterday was an alright day. Today is an alright day do, just tired still for whatever reason.

 

I got more work done on the cross stitch. Not as much as I wanted, but more than nothing. Zane cooked dinner. Lemon dill quail with black rice. It was tasty. We watched another episode of Beautiful Bones which is a new anime we started. I actually really like it. Not as much as Ergo Proxy or Attack on Titan. But it’s really good and I love the main character. I can relate to her.

 

Since I have the car I have a list of things I want to do before having to go into work. I guess I should get on that before I run out of time.

 

Oh! Something amazing happened at work yesterday!

 

We got a full sized fridge for the break room! Finally! Only like, 10 months after I asked for it. : D

 

So much happy.

 

One of my errands is to pick up cards for Donna and Carol since I know they had a huge part in constantly requesting the funds for it. I also want to get a bow to put on the fridge so everyone knows that it’s a gift for us. I plan on leaving the cards in the break room for a few days so everyone can have a chance to sign them. I’m going to get a personal card from just me, too. Donna and Carol both do so much for me and my crazy ideas. I want them both to know that I appreciate their time and effort. I couldn’t get half the stuff I wanted done if it wasn’t for them, and I know that.

 

Alright. Enough gushing. I have a cup of coffee to finish and shit to do. Need to make the most of the car while I have it.

 

I suppose it’s worth noting that I still plan on biking to work. And if I can’t due to time constraints then I will be biking to the gym after picking Zane up from work. Because biking.

 

I’m already at something like 90 miles for December. I need to make it to 200. >.<