Friday

I just finished cleaning the meat off of a section of my squirrel (hence, the picture of a dismembered squirrel foot). Someone asked earlier why I needed gasoline for my squirrel skeleton. The answer is because I have to degrease the bones before I try to bleach them, and they tell me that gasoline works very well for that purpose. It's pretty slow going on the squirrel skeleton front. But it's coming along.

In other news, I had my first real headache today. It was horrible. It started in my teeth. All morning my upper right molars were aching and I thought maybe I had a cavity or something. They've always been sensitive, but they just plain hurt today. Throughout the day, the pain slowly spread up and made its way into my temple where it was throbbing. Now I know what people mean when they say they have a "pounding headache." Instead of getting homework done after class as I had intended, I went home, put an ice pack on my head and took a nap hoping I'd wake up with less pain. Nope. It hurt even more when I woke up, but it was time to pick up Leyla, so I went to Ryan's house to go get her. Lucky for me, Ryan had some ibuprofen and she offered some to me. I took it and stayed at her house for about 45 minutes, and by then, the medicine had kicked in and I felt much better.

I'm beginning to wonder if I have allergies and I've passed that on to my children. Both Leyla and I have been congested the past week. And Chloe's been a little congested, but she's on a daily asthma medication that helps with her congestion, so she's not as bad as the rest of us. Anyway, I hope Leyla gets better soon. She's not her normal self. She's not eating as well as usual, which has decreased my milk supply, so now I have to spend a bunch of time pumping to try and stimulate more milk production. It's a pain in the ass. And she's been irritable in the evenings. Last night was the first time that she's cried and couldn't be consoled by either eating or being held. She did the same thing tonight. It gave me flashbacks to when Chloe was an infant. She did the same thing every night. But Chloe's fits were a lot worse and lasted a long time. Chloe's fits are still pretty brutal. Good thing she's so darn cute.

I love cats. I always have and I always will. I don't want Jenette to feel like she's a lone crazy cat lady. Don't worry, there are more of us. This is my beautiful kitty named Pistachio. She's fantastic.

Speaking of pets, I've been wanting to get another dog lately. After the recent lawlessness that's been going on right next door, I feel like I'd be safer with a semi-large dog with a scary bark. But of course I can't forget what happened with Lily. I know I did the right thing by finding a new home for her, but it still kills me. I really loved that dog, and if I couldn't take care of her, what makes me think I'll be able to take care of another dog? A better option would probably be to look into a home protection service. I think they're only about $40 a month, which is probably less than what I'd spend on dog food a monthly medication. But dogs are so much more fun than alarm systems.

Well, I really need to get to bed.