No pictures because yesterday was spent in various kinds of pain: physical, emotional, financial, and not uploading pictures to Flickr.

I went to see Skippy yesterday at 12:15. I was out of the office by 1:00. Unfortunately, I was out of the office with a temporary filling in my mouth which is apparently going “to encourage the nerve to retreat and leave collagen behind.” In other words, yo, the cavity was deep, and we’re not sure you’re not going to have to have a root canal. Come back on December 4 so we can find out, and by the way, the temporary filling is $135. Since my insurance company just sent me $128 back for last week’s visit (that’s $128 to pay for a $275 visit, may I remind you), the temporary filling is almost paid for. It’s just the permanent filling or the root canal that I will be getting on December 4 that aren’t.

Then after a brief respite at home with Rick and a trip to the grocery store, we took the Piss Crusader to the vet. He peed in the carrier on the way over and beshat himself on the way back. Fortunately, I put Wee Wee Pads in the carrier, so that got most of it, except for the shit he stepped in on the trip back. I did get the vet to give us Kitty Prozac for the trip to Pittsburgh next week, so hopefully we won’t have to go through this again. Jesse has decided that he does NOT want to be anywhere near the carrier and fought like a wildcat going in, and I’d rather eliminate that and the shitting portion from our trip home.

I’m also going through a lot of guilt at the thought of taking Jesse to Mom’s and leaving him there. I know it’s for the best, but when he’s not being a Piss Crusader, he’s a very sweet and loving cat, and I’m going to miss his little fuzzy face and his Mogwai-like purring. I’m PMSing in a massive way on top of all of this, so that’s a contributing factor. Don’t mind me, I’ll get over it. Stories from Rhinebeck when I do.

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