Willy and Lucy report

Thanks Mama and Daddy for keeping Willy and taking such good care of him! They said Willy and Lucy formed sort of a truce, but never really got comfortable with each other. Lucy didn't like Willy getting in her chair.

Healthwise, he is doing well.

Grove Park Inn

We stayed at the Grove Park Inn, our room was in the historic part of the Inn, with a mountain view. The room was nice, but the bathroom was very small! It was a retro-fit obviously, and had nice fixtures, but it was uncomfortably small. From talking to others attending the conference, not all of the bathrooms were like that.

Me on a break between classes.

One of the photographs Chris shot. I thought it was a great shot, so I thought I'd post it.

Rustic Lodging

We found a cozy little cabin to stay in just outside of Asheville, NC - in Newbridge I think was the name of the town. We went in search of a German Restaurant we had found on the Internet. We didn't have reservations anywhere, so after finding the restaurant, the next order of business was to find a place to stay. We happened to see The Log Cabin Motor Court directly behind the Bavarian Lodge Restaurant. We decided to see if they had a vacany - they did, so we found ourselves in Kozy Korner #2, about 100 yards away from the restaurant. It may have been a little rustic, but it was clean and had wireless Internet!





You can see from this photo how close the restaurant was from the Motor Court. The food was wonderful!! The Wiener Schnitzel was the best I'd ever had, so tender, I could cut it with my fork. Chris said his meal was great also. We meant to get back there to eat before our trip was over, but we just didn't have time. We decided it was worth a trip back to eat there. We also didn't make it to the Biltmore House like we'd planned - Chris got a cold and the day we had set aside to go was rainy and overcast, so we decided that was 2 good reasons to make another trip. It was only a 4 hour drive.



We had great food every where we ate the entire trip. We had Mexican, Morroccan, Cajun, and fine dining.

Willy and Lucy

My Mom and Dad are keeping Willy for me for a few days. We dropped him off at their house this morning (complete with medication instructions). So far, Willy and Lucy (their dog) are getting along okay - I guess they have formed somewhat of a truce after some hissing on Willy's part. Lucy wants to play and doesn't understand why her repeated attempts to get Willy to play get met with hisses and swipes.

I called to check on them, and Mama said they are doing fine together. I hope they will end up pals by the end of the week.

Thanks Bebe and Pops!

2nd Willy update

Willy's home!! Enema #2 worked. He's now on a special diet, a week's worth of antibiotics, lysine (which I have to mix with his food) for a viral infection which he will have to take for the rest of his life. They ruled out asthma or a heart condition!! YAY!! So, we are on the road to recovery.

Willy update

Just called to check on Willy. He had no luck with enema #1, they are about to give him enema #2... if he doesn't have success with that, they are going to have to sedate him and go after it... :-(

Still waiting to talk to the vet about the asthma.

Willy's at the vet

I took Willy to the vet yesterday for them to check on a few things and to get his shots. (He was having a little trouble going to the bathroom...) They called me yesterday afternoon and said they needed to keep him overnight to give the medication "time to work". I wasn't expecting that and before I knew it, I was crying. He's never spent the night in a cage. I know he's getting good care and I'm thankful for that.

I'm having a hard time getting used to him not being here at the house. I keep looking for him. I kept waking up throughout the night. They said I could call first thing this morning to check on him. They open in a few minutes, but I think I will give them a little while to get the morning underway before I call.

They also told me he might have asthma or a heart condition. They were still doing some tests yesterday afternoon, so I'm anxious about that.

Danger in the kitchen

Danger in the kitchen!! Well, not major danger - but... Chris was cooking supper - chili with some tomatoes someone brought us today - and I was doing some cleaning in the kitchen while he cooked. In a little while, my nose and upper lip starting burning like crazy. It kept getting worse and worse. I said something to Chris, and we finally figured out I must have gotten some of the jalapeno juice off of the counter onto my finger and touched my nose. Man it burned for about 15 minutes!! Felt like a lot longer than that.

Are you ever?

My Dear Aunt Sally, are you ever going to update your blog? You haven't updated since 6-7-8...

Simple things

When the cat is hungry, he makes sure that I know it, whether I'm sleeping, sitting on the sofa, or just passing through the house - he makes it known in some fashion that it is time to feed him. He typically starts with the feed me dance about 5:30 AM - which includes but is not limited to walking on my hair (ouch!), getting as close to my face as he can without actually touching me and purring like a car engine revving, standing on top of me - all 14 lbs of him, walking over me back and forth, etc, until I give up. On the weekends, he's a little better about letting me sleep a little longer, but not much. I'm usually up before 7. (who needs an alarm clock?!) This morning, I woke up and looked at the clock, it was 7:35! I sat up and Willy was lounging at the foot of the bed. I got up and walked into the computer room where Chris was to tell him good morning.

He said good morning, and "oh, I fed Willy". Ah ha! That's why he wasn't bugging me!!

Thank you Chris, it's the simple things that make me smile.

Books

So, I've found a new favorite author, thanks to a suggestion of my friend Dee, Janet Evanovich. I'm reading the Numbers Series. I have laughed out loud. Of course, I want to read them in order. The other day I came home from work, and Chris had been to the store and bought some of the books I needed to complete the series. It was so sweet of him! Thanks Chris.