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LOLCat bible

Actually, I approve, I think: here.

Labels: bible, cats

Off to Las Vegas

Well, tomorrow, actually, but we drove up to Moo's parents, and then I picked up a hire car from East Midlands Airport, and drove to Manchester Airport (when a direct flight to Vegas tomorrow am). First, Buster to kennels (he was very good) and Meg back to the vet. She's not really eaten for two days. They've taken her back, and will try to make her somewhat stronger. I asked if "we need to make a decision today", and was told "absolutely not today". So, we hope that she gets better soon.

Food at the Manchester SAS Radisson: rather disappointing, though it bigged itself up rather.

Labels: cats

Placement, miaow

(backposting) I had an _excellent_ meeting with Ian, the incumbent at Long Melford, today. I got a really good idea of what he's doing, and some good ideas about what I might have the chance to do with him. I've not mentioned the possibility of doing my title post there yet (maybe Ian will read this blog...), but it's all looking great.

New AP arrived - put it in bridge mode. Only works with less security than I'd like, but I'll fix that later. It'll just make me more careful than usual, which can't be a bad thing.

Something that I've been trying to avoid thinking (and therefore blogging) about is that we've not seen Meg for several weeks now - she only came back in once after being comprehensively chased by Buster. She's not _old_ old (she's nearly 12), but she's no spring chicken, either. She turned up today, out of nowhere, on a cushion at home. I had gone down to let Buster out, and there she was. I went to pick her up, unsure whether she'd still be breathing. She was just skin and bone, but breathing she was (Yoda, again). Moo took her to the vets, who decided to put her on a drip for a while. She's insured, which is good, but we're really worried about her.

Labels: cats, ERMC

Vet assessment

(backposting) There really should be a comma in the title, but it seemed like too much good luck to miss. I took both cats to the vet this morning - at the same time. This means that I managed to:

1. remember to get the cat travel boxes out
2. remember to block off the catflap after they came in for breakfast
3. not let them out when people came in and out of the back door
4. track them both down
5. get them both into their respective boxes (unscathed - both me and them)
6. get them into the car
7. overlook the plaintive mewling as I drove there
8. get each of them out of the cat box they were in
9. get each of them back in the cat box they were in
10. get them home.

This is quite an achievement.

I also finished my personal assessment and sent it off to ERMC, about which I'm rather relieved.

Labels: cats, ERMC