Does anyone remember me?

I'm slowly...very slowly starting to crawl out of my hole. Champ is doing a bit better but he's not out of the woods yet. His recent test results are positive and he's eating more and more on his own each day but I still have to feed him and he still has his stomach tube.

Anyhoo, I'm going to try to be around a bit more at least to check my flist. I feel so lost.

Anyone interested in being a Guest Host at qaf_drabbles?

Also, I still need lots of REAL addresses for your prezzies from the Halloween Contest, so email them to me so I can finish getting those together.

Hello all.

I haven't forgotten about fandom or my friends here, I'm just on overload.

Champ finally came home on Friday and this has been my schedule since then:

Wake up at 6:30 (or earlier if I have to be at Court in the am)
-pill him - wait aprox. an hour
- medicate Champ through the feeding tube in his tummy - wait about half hour if I have time
- clean his incision
- mix his food
-offer him his regular food
-and then, when he doesn't eat that, feed him through the tube.
- keep him calm so he doesn't get sick

(We both usually nap at this point - feeding him takes a minimum of 20 minutes at a time)

-medicate him w/ his appetite stimulant
-feed him more

- Repeat the morning routine in the afternoon - about 4ish.

- Repeat the mid-morning routine in the early evening.

- Repeat the morning routine about midnight.

Needless to say, I'm exhausted and unorganized and overwhelmed a bit because I have to find time to work in between all of this and work is sort of suffering a bit. I have to get it all together. However, on the upside, he nibbled on some food yesterday and this is a great sign.

So please, hang in here with me. I know I promised gifts for the Fall Contest and they're coming, I swear. I just need some time. I do miss you guys and I still haven't had time to play in any of the Fall Contest goodies or read any of the fic from the newest challenge. *sighs* However, Xie sorta keeps me informed here and there so I'm not completely out of touch. Just know that I miss you all!

HI guys!

I'm sorry I just disappeared after posting all the treats from the FALL CONTEST.

I had some further complications with Champ. He ended up in the ER on Halloween night and spent the weekend there. Then, yesterday morning, I picked him up and immediately transported him to a specialty hospital where he had an appointment with a specialist in internal medicine. (BTW, if you're in Michigan, I cannot recommend Oakland Veterinary Referral Hospital enough.) It was decided by the doctor, myself and my two consultants (my sister and my BFF Xie) that he needed surgery to place a stomach feeding tube. (Supposedly, this will make feeding and medicating my beloved kitty easier and more effective. Please cross your fingers!)

Anyway, I just got the call and surgery went fine. Champ is groggy but awake and hopefully he'll be coming home tomorrow.

Thank you so much to everyone who sent me private messages, left comments or sent me emails. I appreciate you all more than you could possibly know!

♥

It's 2:30 in the morning.

I can't sleep.

I'm worried about my cat and I'm especially worried that I'm not taking proper care of him. I don't seem to have it in me to force feed him as much as he needs to eat. (This should really come as no surprise to me since i won't even move my cats off my lap to pee, answer the phone or the door. I don't like to disturb them.)

/late night pity party.

oh my supportive flist. My darling Champ is still at the hospital and I'm sad.

He's very sick and while he'll probably come home tomorrow, there's no guarantees and I have to hand feed him every 2 hours and he'll be on 7 medications.

I'm pretty distressed about the whole thing. I miss him and I'm scared he won't get better. Right now we don't even have a diagnosis, just a guess. If this treatment doesn't work, then I have to re-evaluate and while I'm trying not to borrow trouble, I like to have all my options laid out for me.

So, I know I said I'd be around more but I'm not feeling especially social and my free time will most likely be used taking care of Champ and loving him to pieces while not letting Charger feel left out.

Please send him some healing vibes. ♥

Also, I have gotten 2 submissions for the Fall Contest - don't forget those are due on October 28!

Anybody wanna make Halloween Blingees with me this week? That might make me smile.

BLINGEES

For Red and NY!

Hey all.

Life has thrown another curve at me. My beloved Champ had to be taken to the vet this morning and he's there overnight with liver problems.

I was up all night with him and I'm a mess over the whole thing.

WOO HOO

I won my trial today. That makes me happy...tired but happy even though now I have to switch gears for an even bigger one tomorrow.

It's after that that I should be around more. :D I promise I'm reading the comments to my last post and thinking. You'll all get replies. ♥

Blah...blah...blah.

That's how I feel.

I got some unexpected news about some work I've been doing for like a year...it's being cut back. And while I'm not even sure this is a bad thing, it was unexpected and it's making me depressed.

I have zero right to feel depressed. I'm planning a fabulous vacation that will end in Vermont just in time for my nephew's first birthday (well, it's a few days early but my sister has consented to having the party a few days early so I can be there. I love her for that.).

So what the heck is wrong with me?

Anyway, this will probably mean I'll have more fandom time. What would you guys like to see more of...besides fic because I'm not sure I can produce much of that, if any at all.

SIGN UP HERE BY OCT. 25

Go sign up. This is always fun and I'm so grateful that ohfreckle took it over after the first year!


PS. I'm still working on the clusterfuck goodies, so don't be surprised if you get a random comment from me. LOL

Hey guys. I've had a week from hell...straight from HELL. I won't bore you all with the details. Instead I'll say that I missed fandom like WOAH. I feel horribly disconnected from you all and I hate that. *sobs* *clings*

The only way I know to show my love and affection these days is to share my gorgeous, ingenious little nephew with you all.
( step inside for pix! )

RANT: The world is out to get me today. I swear it. I drive all the way to New Baltimore district court only to find out an hour and a half later the the jail hasn't even started to process prisoners for transport. That whole process takes hours so of course we have to adjourn.

However, Monday is Columbus Day so it has to be this week and since they only have prosecutors on Wed/Thurs. it has to be one of those days. UMMMMMM HELLOOOOOOOO I already have a trial on Wed. and 2 exams in Warren on Thursday plus a pretrial in Dearborn in the afternoon. Now on Thursday I have to try to be in 2 places at once. And this is why I went to law school.

Then I get a call from a client that they're being sued. WTF? We already won this case. You can't just venue shop. sheesh. I've had it with people for today.

Some days I wish I was Dexter!

Home from seeing ZOMBIELAND...talk about a great zombie flick. It was so funny and the effects were great. I highly rec this to anyone who loves zombies and wants to laugh!

Now, it's time to decorate for Halloween. Yes, I'm behind schedule, but what can ya do.

Later!

My sister has a new sofa and she's worried about her cats finding it too fascinating and attacking it with their claws.

Bitterapple doesn't seem to work on these 2. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

All you need to do is post 10 of your favorite shareable icons. If everyone does this we can all find new icons to love, new icon makers to stalk, and lots of fabulous tiny pictures to squee over. This is super easy. Everyone has at least 10 icons they love!

The only rule is every iconmaker must be credited!


I must admit that with over 1400 icons, this task was impossible for me so I cheated. I simply couldn't pick just 10 from all the cartoon icons, special icons, sentimental icons, cracky icons, beautiful icons, porny icons, holiday icons, icons with sayings, and all the non-qaf ones that I have. So this (with the help of Happy Bunny and stephmck) is what I say to those of you that have a problem with me picking 20 instead:

by stephmck (and no...this one doesn't count. snort)

( my explosion of icons )

Ok, so I really wanted to play last night and jule1122 came up with this fantastic idea and then I went and fell asleep after visiting with my sister for a bit. I had every intention of coming back, so I apologize to everyone who turned out to play with me. SORRY

I'm going to look at all your posts now and do my own, but first, I have to pimp this hysterical story:

JUST SUCK IT by britin1729

I'm still laughing!


OMG, here's another fic pimp. It's been a LOOOONG time since I read anything from a new author that left me hot and bothered. The flow of the fic just begs for more, faster, get me there NOW.

HEAT by the_minx_17

What shall we play ladies?

I must confess, I wanna do something but I've got no ideas.

ANYONE?

OH woe is me.

I was supposed to be able to stay home today and do fandom stuff while catching up on my filing and billing.

Guess what? Instead, I was at court this morning on an OWI...last minute appointment. And I have a messy juvenile case this afternoon cuz I was up in rotation.


BLAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Anyway, I hope to be around later for a while to play. Anyone interested?

I've been so busy lately that I've barely had time for fandom or anything. I miss you all and I miss playing here. One of the things that has been keeping me occupied on the weekend is some redecorating and with that comes LOTS of cleaning. I got some new furniture and it's been exciting.
( yada yada yada )

Anyway, all this whining brings me to my goal. I want to jump back into fandom fun and I can't think of a better way to do that then by celebrating one of the best seasons and holding a contest. So please, please, please sign up and let's have some good ole fashioned silly fandom fun!

FALL CONTEST


And if you read all that, you deserve a reward and I can't think of a better one.
( cutest nephew ever )