Pets: For when you start to take life too seriously.

I went to bed early (for me) last night so I could play some on the PS2. When I was done with that, I went to the bathroom to do the pre-sleep thing, and this is what greeted me (pardon the quality, it was taken with my camera phone):



Jade: "Jack, what are you doing?"
Jack: "i wuz sleepin" *purr, purr, PURR*
Jade: *sighs and removes one kitten from sink so she can brush her teeth*

What's really hilarious is that particular faucet has a tendency to drip, so his rear end was wet when he got out, and he seemed confused by this.

Sasha turns one.

Nearly one year ago, I found this puppy on the side of the road in the middle of the night. It had been raining non-stop that day and it was expected to continue throughout the night with the temperature dipping below freezing. I had spotted her a few hours earlier, and as I drove my ex to his house I asked him to keep an eye out for her. Sure enough, there she was, running along the side of the road.

I stopped the truck, and we managed to chase her down whereupon I discovered she was soaked to the bone and shivering. I took her home, gave her a bath, and the following week, took her into the vet for a check-up and her first round of booster shots. She weighed six pounds and I could easily hold her in both of my hands.

As a reminder, this is what she looked like two days after I found her:



Taken on: March 3, 2009. Approx. 6 weeks.

And here is Sasha today, January 24, 2010, now weighing in at fifty pounds and unable to fit in my lap let alone my hands:





"Arrrgh, belly rubs! My nemesis!"

You can't really see her paw here, but the swelling has gone down, and while it's still red and looks kind of ugly, the antibiotic spray and pills are making a difference. So, it's healing and has reverted back to its normal size, or close enough to it that you really have to look at it.