No, really. Where was I?
::sigh::
Oh well.
I guess I'll just have to try to remember it myself.
ANYWAY, got up early Friday with A Plan. Go drop Kitty off for his operation, get the oil changed in the van, come home, help load van, send family off to the wilderness of Guntersville, play the rest of the weekend.
But.
Rebecca needed some shorts. She's starting her soccer practice tonight, and she doesn't have any good shorts to practice in. Okay--so, kitty--oil change--shorts--home. Good deal.
Off we go to the cat doctor with Lightning in his little cat carrier. Which he now more or less fills up. Got him there, got him signed in, and then had to start answering questions from the receptionist.
"Labwork and pain meds?"
"Uh, no, I think I'll be fine without them."
Oh, sorry--that was my internal monologue.
"Pardon me?"
"Do you want Lightning to have any labwork done?"
Well, only if it cost an exhorbitant amount of money. "What--uhmm, well, why--Huh!?"
"We can do labwork before his surgery to see if he has anything that might be wrong with him that we need to address."
It's just a danged cat, people. Oh, wait. It's my kid's cat, and if anything happens to it, I've got to have plausible deniability.
"Well, okay, I guess."
"Pain meds?"
::sigh::
"Sure."
"Would you like to have him chipped?"
PLEASE START TALKING ENGLISH!! Sorry. Internal monologue again.
"I'm sorry?"
"A microchip ID. They can put it in while he's under anesthesia. If he's ever lost, anyone who finds him can have him scanned and they can find out who he belongs to."
Or just keep him.
Did I want this? I mean, he's a cat, and cats DO run away sometimes. Stupid kitties. Just how much would I want him back? I--well, no. That's just a waste of--"Daddy, are you going to get this thing?" Rebecca had the brochure. ::sigh::
"Oh, go ahead and do it. Might as well."
Left him there dangling from some girl's arms as he was being weighed. He should be made of solid gold.
Off then to the next place, Express Oil Change!
Yay! OIL!!
Posted by Terry Oglesby at November 13, 2006 10:07 AM