State of the household

My allergies are finally abating, and I seem to be getting enough sleep modulo the fact that the flower_cat isn't sleeping well.

The Cat's arthritis is as bad as I've ever seen it. Aspirin still works, fortunately; she tried naproxin for a couple of days and found that, although it helped with the pain, it didn't help with the stiffness and joint inflamation. Apparently some of the better arthritis drugs either don't work, or interact badly with her other meds. She's using her walker to go between the front and back of the house; some of that is dizziness, which is apparently a side effect of the Keflex that she's taking the last dose of this morning. We'll see if that helps. Her leg is looking a lot better, but there may still be some lingering infection.

The chaoswolf has been in Seattle for a little over 12 hours now. Haven't heard from her. *waves*

The Y.D. is home for the summer, and appears to be keeping busy with friends and games. We'll need to make a serious effort to get her to clean her room; not clear what kind of persuasion we need to apply.

Sang "The River" and "Quiet Victories" for Colleen's friend B. Three sheets of Kleenex -- Eeep. I'm either going to have to add a more upbeat verse at the end, or abandon the idea of using it as a set closer; "Millennium's Dawn", perhaps. It was apropos, though; much of the evening's conversation revolved around successfully-fended-off assaults. There may be a verse in there. Especially B's story -- that was downright funny.

Turns out that "Millennium's Dawn" is jilara's favorite; she recognized it while I was noodling my way through the ConChord setlist, so of course I had to sing it. Hear me complain.

Uncle Bobby's Wedding

I can do little better than rephrase snobahr's post pointing at a librarian's thoughtful, calm, and well-reasoned response to a patron's request to remove a book from their children's section. Looks like a particularly nice children's book on the subject of same-sex marriages and uncle-niece relationships, too.

State of the household: part II

Heard from the chaoswolf via IM and phone today; good to know she's OK. The house is, as the flower_cat observed, eerily quiet without her. Or rather, without the often-obstreperous interaction between her and her sister.

Wrote a new verse to QV over lunchtime, inspired by one of yesterday evening's stories. I said there was a verse in there, didn't I? And it's funny, which makes it a good last verse.

Colleen will be talking to her doctor tomorrow; hopefully we can get her some much-need pain management before our trip to Seattle next week. Next week! Eeep!