Panda Penguin Crossbreeds

I have one dog at home right now, where normally there are two. I know this doesn't seem like much but MaiTai, the youngest of the two, is sulking, wandering around the house morosely (okay, that was 10 minutes ago, now she's just laying on the floor pining) trying to figure out where WonTon, her "older brother" has gone to.

This morning we loaded WonTon into the car, drove a half hour to the vet clinic, dropped him off, and here I am, waiting for a phone call from the office to tell me that his surgery is done, please come pick him up, he's all better, here's your bill.

WonTon, for the second time in under two years, is having cancer removed.

I have to have a talk with him and make sure he knows that if he wants attention he doesn't have to get cancer, he can just come nuzzle us a bit and we'll pet him, or scratch at the door and we'll let him out. It's a lot less of a pain in the butt way to get attention than getting cancer.

Bozo. *sigh*

Much Love

I've realized that I have a good number of readers here, and this makes me feel rather special. However, it also made me realize that some of you might get annoyed if you ever comment on my posts, as I treat comments like I treat emails, and for years now I've had to warn friends and family about emailing me. Let me make a few points about commenting, and I hope it doesn't scare you from commenting, but it'll help you understand a bit about me, I think.


- I tend to reply to all comments up to as far as I think I have something interesting to interject.

- I always think I have something interesting to interject.

- My email and livejournal get checked every few minutes that I'm at home. This doesn't impair my ability to work around the house, so don't worry about that.

- I like talking with friends through comments. Yes, even the ones that I could just call on the phone.

- I tend to write a lot, both in reply to comments, and as initial comments. If it bothers you, just let me know and I'll likely write a long reply back, apoligizing.

- If I take a while to respond, it's probably because I'm out of the house. I tend to write back quickly, and if I don't it's usually because I can't.

- When I can't think of anything funny or interesting left to say, I tend to end things abruptly