Riley and Avery

So, we picked up Little Sweetheart this morning after her spay yesterday. I tell you the incision is perhaps 1/3 inch, if that. Probably closer to 1/4 inch. It looks like a little knot. The nurse said that since LS (that's what I'm calling her on here from now on since I'm tired of typing "Little Sweetheart") is still really young she had teeny tiny little ovaries, and that the vets do spay and neuters all day every day and have gotten really good at doing it through minute incisions. I expected (was looking forward to) a sleepy cat, but LS has been up and at it since coming home. I gave her her pain medication pill without drama, and she went right to harassing the guinea pigs Thank goodness I've closed off the cage, so it now has a lid. The guinea pigs are obviously so much happier, but LS is so definitely not happy about the new arrangement. She moves a little stiffly, but seem no worse for the wear.

Oh, and because LS's stitches will dissolve, she cannot be bathed for 2 to 3 weeks. I guess we'll see if Riley is still allergic or if she's become accustomed to the cat. I have a feeling she's accustomed because LS likes to sleep on our necks or on our pillows and I'm sure Riley would have had some sort of reaction, in spite of the baths, but we'll see on that one. Fingers crossed.

So, the disc drive on my iBook has been on the fritz for a while and Riley really likes to play her math and phonics games on the computer, so....I bought her a used iMac for $60. Not too shabby. I know that kids play too many games and such, but she gets a very healthy amount of outside exercise so I'm really not worried about it. Additionally, playing computer games is the only time that she really shows what she knows. Otherwise, she tries to trick whoever she's speaking to. But on the computer, I can look over her shoulder periodically and catch a glimpse of what she really knows. She upstairs right now, over the moon, playing games I checked out of the library. Oh, yeah, for the past couple of hours I've been deemed the most awesomest mom in the world. Tomorrow I'll be back to sucking eggs, but I'll take what I can get.

Hmmm, what else is new? Oh yeah, Rudi went out an got new tires for his car yesterday. That was fun. He went to Sears and while he was waiting he went to the ATM and did some looking around the mall and then realized that he left his ATM card in the machine and it took it. So he called me, Avery was sleeping, and said "come quick, my car is almost done and my ATM card was taken by the machine!!" Oh, yay!

So we were going to have my windshield replaced (Rudi said the windshield was more important, although I voted to get my drivers-side window fixed and was vetoed) but then I notice, on my way home from school, that my brakes are squeaking and grinding. Oh, good. It's not so bad right now, and I can drive without making the brakes grind by braking slowly and gradually. They only grind when I am braking downhill right now, but I want to take it in right away before I need new rotors. Trying to keep it cheap. And safe, too, I guess. When it rains, it pours, right?