Fifteen work days until winter break

[rolanni]

. . .not that I'm counting.

Took pictures of Application Mountain, there at the day-job. My, that's some stack of file boxes. It may be that the worst of the data entry is over. I'd cross my fingers if they'd bend that far, but since they don't, somebody out there please do it for me. There are still two searches yet to reach their deadlines, but they are by their nature "small" searches -- maybe another 50 applications to input and file between them -- so that's all good.

Next step, after the various committees have done their work: threading the logistics of bringing (counts on fingers) nine-to-fifteen job applicants to campus and setting them up with individual faculty meetings, official dinners and the means to deliver presentations (aka "job talks"). So much for there being no work to do in January.

Having dropped the Hexacat off at the vet's office on my way in to work, I met Steve there on the way home, and we both heard the results of the tests, which is. . .

Kidney failure.

. . .which isn't as dire as it sounds, what with that "failure" thing in there. The vet did admit that, "if he was a person," Hex would be in line for a kidney transplant, but, as it is, we have some meds to give him, and we need to find more ways to bring liquid into his life, which means Hexapuma discovering the joys of wet food. Maybe even wet food with a tiny dash of salt. This will be Puma's Extra Treat, so he'll also be able to hold his Certified Specialness over Mozart and Scrabble, which will cork them off no end.

I make that win-win-win, in the Coon Cat Official Scoring System(tm)

I fear there will be no work on George this evening; there are dishes to wash and I'm kinda washed out my own self. Early to bed -- that's the ticket.

And, yeah, early to rise.

Everybody have a good evening.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I second the fountain option, if you don't already have one. Drinkwell makes several versions. The 360 is the easiest to clean since I take it apart and put all the pieces in the dishwasher. The regular Drinkwell is more trouble to clean since it has more nooks and crannies that need a though cleaning. Petmate makes a good one also. However, since the Petmate makes a gurgling noise when refilling the bowl from the reservoir, I had to stop using it. The dog objected to the noise it made in his ear as he was drinking. My current setup is 2 fountains. A BigDog Drinkwell in the kitchen to allow enough water for a 50 lb dog and 2 15 lb cats. Backed up by a Drinkwell 360 in the cat’s room so that they don’t have to travel far for water immediately after eating.

Best wishes to Hexapuma.

Susan
Orlando