Earnest hurt himself jumping the other night.. We’re both tired of waiting around for the doc to see us..

Coming off what was truly a horrible “long weekend” in which I worked over 40 hours between Thursday and Saturday morning, I now have to deal with watching my little buddy in a very, very upsetting situation.

Out of the blue Earnest was jumping onto a chair when something went wrong and he now has extremely limited use of his rear legs. Even worse, an expensive latenight trip to the vet found no obvious trauma which points to a neurological problem. He’s exhibiting muscle tone, but he is unable to process the position of his left leg in space, therefore has no feedback available when trying to control it. His right leg is very uncoordinated as well, leading to extreme difficulty even walking a short distance in a straight line.

He is on a harsh steroid while we wait for a neurological specialist to return from vacation Monday or Tuesday. We are being forced to confine him in my hobby room and carry him out to the backyard for regular potty breaks to help prevent further possible injury.

On top of this, our bedroom has “flooded” out of nowhere. We had to yank back the carpet in the doorway to let the floor dry. We are guessing it’s the junction behind the wall where the pipes leading to the heater are located. They may have simply drained into the wall, thereby seeping into the bedroom.

We found mold already in the corner upon lifting the carpet. This combined with a flood insurance agency that is pushing ONE MONTH without a payout (or barely any communication- our neighbors are already finishing all their repairs) and a quote from a trusted contractor to just cleanup the crawlspace running ten thousand dollars….

Although I understand these little setbacks pop up in life, and that they are things to experience while living, I’m feeling pretty bummed about now. I look forward to a good coffee and some chocolate today. Hopefully I’ll have some good news in the coming posts..

Click here for larger sizes. And here for the set.

Peering into the heating vent in our kitchen. Insurance adjuster was just here.

(In times of stress, women buy expensive shoes. Men buy expensive watches.)

We were a little busy:

See the Flood Of ‘06 album here.
(more later)

For the kids… (sans boobies):

(c.1976 ep.17)
(yes, you might remember it as phenomena c.1996)

(note: boobies)

In regards to my last post, perhaps this is just reality coming full circle. Seems the Muppets swiped it from italian composer Piero Umiliani who created it for a 1968 ‘documentary‘ called Svezia, Inferno e Paradiso. (Sweden, Heaven and Hell)…

Guess there is only one thing to say about all this..

…Mah Na Mah Na…