Weekend report

Friday morning I took Mughi in for an ultrasound, to see if they could find any causes for her weight loss. The only thing abnormal were her kidneys, which were smaller then normal. I'm told this is fairly common in cat's her age (16+) and would not account for the weight loss. The vet doing the ultrasound thinks it would be worthwhile to test the thyroid further. I'll be giving our vet a call today and see if they've had a chance to look at the scans yet. Interesting side notes: We now have ultrasound pictures of Mughi's kidneys and liver. The scanner they use is one I'm working with on a cattle scanning project.

Friday evening we cleaned bits of the house and then went out to see The Brothers Grimm. I enjoyed the film quite a bit. It's not Gilliam's best by any measure, but it was fun (I expect his next film will be more in-line with what folks expect from him). We'll definitively be picking it up when is comes out on DVD. (We also need to replace all my Gilliam laserdiscs with DVDs...). Ran into rarcke, neoparn, lemonherb, Laura, and others in the theater. They invited us to join them for a late meal at a diner in Norristown - good time had, thanks!

Saturday morning I did some yard work - probably only the second or third time I've worked out there this year. We've completely lost control over some parts of the "flowerbeds" (I'd need a chainsaw to start weeding and a chipper to finish), and are just hanging on to others. I'd love to hire someone to go in and just clear it all out, but I suspect that would cost quite a bit at this point. Anyway, I got the front and one side of the house to the point where I wasn't embarrassed by it.

That afternoon was gaming with a full house of people. It was great! We started with a game of Fluxx to give us something to do while we chatted and waited for more people to show up. After that I played Secret Tijuana Death Match, then three games of Carcassonne. I saw games of Lord of the Rings trivia, Scattergories, SPANC, and a monster blended Munchkin game. There may have been others that I missed. I know I was caught up in playing that I wasn't paying any attention to the time and completely spaced doing anything about dinner. There were enough munchies around that I didn't go hungry, but still not the best way to treat guests (Sorry about that! Usually we order pizza or Chinese or something).

Sunday was a lot of sitting around the house. Some cleaning, some sleeping, but nothing much really got done. Mostly I just remember looking at the clock every so often and being surprised by how late it was each time.

Monday was the first fencing practice in quite a while. I tried out my new armor (which I bought over a year ago...) for the first time. I like it a lot better then what I'd been wearing. Now I can finally return the loaner armor to Tadcaster :)

Weekend report

Friday morning I took Mughi in for an ultrasound, to see if they could find any causes for her weight loss. The only thing abnormal were her kidneys, which were smaller then normal. I'm told this is fairly common in cat's her age (16+) and would not account for the weight loss. The vet doing the ultrasound thinks it would be worthwhile to test the thyroid further. I'll be giving our vet a call today and see if they've had a chance to look at the scans yet. Interesting side notes: We now have ultrasound pictures of Mughi's kidneys and liver. The scanner they use is one I'm working with on a cattle scanning project.

Friday evening we cleaned bits of the house and then went out to see The Brothers Grimm. I enjoyed the film quite a bit. It's not Gilliam's best by any measure, but it was fun (I expect his next film will be more in-line with what folks expect from him). We'll definitively be picking it up when is comes out on DVD. (We also need to replace all my Gilliam laserdiscs with DVDs...). Ran into rarcke, neoparn, lemonherb, Laura, and others in the theater. They invited us to join them for a late meal at a diner in Norristown - good time had, thanks!

Saturday morning I did some yard work - probably only the second or third time I've worked out there this year. We've completely lost control over some parts of the "flowerbeds" (I'd need a chainsaw to start weeding and a chipper to finish), and are just hanging on to others. I'd love to hire someone to go in and just clear it all out, but I suspect that would cost quite a bit at this point. Anyway, I got the front and one side of the house to the point where I wasn't embarrassed by it.

That afternoon was gaming with a full house of people. It was great! We started with a game of Fluxx to give us something to do while we chatted and waited for more people to show up. After that I played Secret Tijuana Death Match, then three games of Carcassonne. I saw games of Lord of the Rings trivia, Scattergories, SPANC, and a monster blended Munchkin game. There may have been others that I missed. I know I was caught up in playing that I wasn't paying any attention to the time and completely spaced doing anything about dinner. There were enough munchies around that I didn't go hungry, but still not the best way to treat guests (Sorry about that! Usually we order pizza or Chinese or something).

Sunday was a lot of sitting around the house. Some cleaning, some sleeping, but nothing much really got done. Mostly I just remember looking at the clock every so often and being surprised by how late it was each time.

Monday was the first fencing practice in quite a while. I tried out my new armor (which I bought over a year ago...) for the first time. I like it a lot better then what I'd been wearing. Now I can finally return the loaner armor to Tadcaster :)