NoOtherOne's blog

QotD: Holiday Shopping

Did you shop for great deals on Black Friday or Cyber Monday?  Or did you observe Buy Nothing Day?

Buy Nothing Day!  I really would not go to near a store voluntarily on that day.  I spent too much years working retail...

Well, I did buy some clothes yesterday,but it wasn't online, so I don't think that counts as "Cyber Mondaying," right?

QotD: MLB Playoff Predictions

What are your Major League Baseball playoff predictions?

  OK, I haven't checked in on here for a while, but I had to backtrack and answer this one!

Here's who I WANT to win it all, from most preferred to least:

1. Phillies (duh)
2. Rockies (if they beat the Phillies, I will probably root for them)
3. Indians (if they take out the Yankees, I love them)
4. Cubs
5. D-Backs
6. Angels
7. Red Sox
8. Yankees

My predictions:

Round 1 winners:
Rockies (over my Phillies) :(
Yankees  :(
Red Sox
D-Backs

Round 2 winners:
D-Backs
Red Sox

Overall winner:
Yankees

I don't like these predictions, but these are my gut predictions.  I hope I'm wrong.

Another doggy update

First of all, thanks, everyone, for your support.... Some of you have already heard all this, via my other blog or elsewhere, but for the rest of you, here's the update...

Friday, when we picked Max up, the vet said she suspected it was a ruptured salivary gland. She said the cause for the rupture is unknown, and it can be anything from an injury or some sort to a tumor that makes that happen. There weren't any problems elsewhere in the body, in terms of his other organs or anything. She prescribed an antibiotic and a steroid, but said we still had to wait for the results on the fluid they took out of his lumpy neck and some other lab work.

Saturday, we spoke to her and they said his white blood cell count is high. But, she said "that doesn't mean anything definitive." When I hear that, I think cancer, but I guess it can be a result of some other infection. We'll know more when the pathologist looks at it, sometime in the next week (could be today, could be as late as Saturday). Until then, it's a waiting game, and I am going to have to try to function and get through the days somehow.

It's hard to figure out who hurts more--us or our "furkids"--as they age. This weekend, I'd say that I was hurting worse than Max... which is a good thing. SOMETHING has made him feel good, be it the steroids or the antibiotics. He loves his pills, has a great appetite, and he made it out on a trot (he doesn't run anymore) on his long rope in the field behind my house. It makes me happy to see him feeling good, though I realistically know that that's not really a sign that he doesn't have lymphoma. The lymph nodes in his neck are still swollen (though they may have gone down a little? It's hard to tell) even though his neck as a whole isn't swollen like it was on Friday. I don't know how quickly lymph nodes would decrease in size if some kind of infection is being treated?

Anyway, please keep the healing thoughts and prayers coming, and also cross your fingers that I am somehow able to function at work this week without breaking down.

Vox Hunt: This Makes Me Cross!

Show us something that makes you cross.
Submitted by Rev Stan.

THE YANKEES make me cross.

QotD: Past Five Working Years

How many jobs have you had in the past five years? Where and what did you do? 
Submitted by M.  

In the past five years?  OK, that's quite a few, actually, cause it includes grad school and such...

1. FYE--Sold CDs and DVDs.  Yay for retail.  I was the master of selling $.99 CD repair kits.  I was there for a few years, but left when I started dating my current boyfriend because he was a manager there.
2. Old Navy--Only for a couple months (after leaving FYE... I was desperate).  Horrible, horrible place.  I was hired as a cashier, but ended up unloading the shipment truck at 5 a.m.  WORST JOB EVER.
3. Sears--I was a "consultative sales associate" in the sporting goods department.  Sold treadmills and stuff.  I was on commission and sold lots of expensive stuff because I was good, and made lots of money, for retail.
4. Career Services Center (at my university)--I was the "experiential program intern."  I provided career counseling for students in the College of Arts and Sciences, ran workshops, planned career-related programs, and promoted various programs.
5. A plethora of freelance writing and editing gigs--Wrote for the state's largest magazine, edited corporations safety documents, wrote/edited research papers and online courses for my university's department of communication.
6. Marketing writer/editor--I write, edit, design promotional materials, etc., etc., for a university in Philadelphia.  Woohoo.

I don't know what to do...

This is an update to my previous post.  Max is at the vet get more tests, but they say it looks like lymphoma.

I don't know what to do.

Worries about my doggy... Please send positive vibes his way...

After my dog Max's health scares last summer (an abcess and some kind of scary digestive illness, followed by conjunctivitis), Max had been pretty healthy, other than his arthritis, which has plagued him for the past few years (he's now 13 and a half years old).

A week ago, we took him to PetSmart to get groomed, and afterwards, I noticed what appeared to be some swelling under one of his eyes. I figured it was just one of his lumps or bumps that I couldn't see because his fur was so long before, or that maybe his skin was just irritated from the shampoo and didn't think much of it.

A few days after that, I thought I noticed that his eyes were a bit pinker than usual, but it was nothing like when he had conjunctivitis before, so again, I wasn't toooo concerned. But the next morning, he could barely open his eyes. They were swollen and red and horrible. So off to the vet we went. She said he didn't have a fever or anything, but it was some sort of conjunctivitis, and she prescribed an ointment and said we should see improvement within a week. It's only been a couple of days, but there's really no improvement, and this morning, his NECK was swollen. So I am incredibly worried.

He was just laying around, didn't want to get up and go outside, though he did sit up when I dropped a Cheerio, so he's still at least that alert. I had to go into work this morning, because I'm already taking a half day to go to the eye doctor later and I needed to get something to someone on deadline that I couldn't do from home, so my mom is taking him to the vet, hopefully as we speak. She did call while I was on the train to tell me that Max HAD gotten up and went outside and was a bit more perky, but she might've just told me that because I was crying on my way out the door. Anyway, we'll see what the news is when I get home.

Please pray for him, or send happy thoughts, or whatever you do. Thanks so much.

Vox Hunt: I Finished It

Books:  Show us the longest book you've ever read.  (All the way through.)

My Life

Bill Clinton

...I think.  I forget how long it was, though, and don't feel like looking it up.

QotD: The Deathly Hallows

Did you see the Harry Potter movie this weekend?  Are you going to read the new book?

Yes and Yes! Yay, Harry!

QotD: Do Not Want (To Eat)

What do you absolutely refuse to eat?

  Lima beans