Monday, November 29, 2004
Grady and The Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day
I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on my skate.... oh, wait, that's not me, that was Alexander.
Still, my day was pretty darn terrible, horrible, and very bad. Katie came home, so it wasn't completely no good, but it was bad. Yesterday was much better, yesterday Joe picked me up from Dogma after being gone since Wednesday. I like going there and playing with the other dogs, but coming home is good too. But, I digress.
This morning, I woke up and my eye was runny. Not a little bit runny, but a lot runny. Then it swelled up a little, and turned red some. My right eyeball was getting puffy and I was squinting and it was running enough to make my eyebrow fur wet. It was bad. And, it itched.
I wanted to wipe it off, but most of the day I could just wipe it off on the carpet. Well, the carpet is covered in dirt and hair, and who knows what else, so I didn't want to wipe my eyeball on that. Luckily, Joe had the day off of work and I could wipe it on his pants. We went for a long walk and that was fun, but my eye still hurt so I started just squinting them up all day. Later, Katie came home and I wiped it all over her pants as often as I could. Why do her pants smell like cat!
We went for a walk, but not my normal walk, and I thought things were looking up. We went to the vet. When I came in the technicians said, "Grady!" I like it there. I got on the scale, and then we went in the room and I got lots of pets and tried to wipe my Halti off. Then they took my temperature. Ugh. Not good. They shined lights in my eyes! And put drops in it, and I'm not supposed to worry if my nose snobber has a green tint. What's with that? I did get some treats. But, then they put the lights in my eyes and used tweezers to grab my third eyelid! At least they took my Halti off for that. When it was all done I got some more treats and that was good.
We were getting ready to go, and then the worst part happened. They put a plastic cone on my head!! Then they brought out a cat, which I could smell, but not see. This cone is awful. When we were leaving the vets, I got stuck. The cone hit the door. Okay, sure, I could've backed up, but this is horrible and I want it off. I tried to pick up a branch that was outside the door and the cone got in the way. I was sniffing along the fences, and the cone caught on the edge of the fence and made me stop. I tried to mark a tree, sidle up next to it and get into my preferred position, and the cone got in the way. I tried a different angle, and another angle. On the third pass, I just stood there hoping someone would take it off.
If I go to see Joe and Katie then it sticks on the chair, you can't even get close. How am I supposed to sleep in this thing! I'm trying to look indignant and hope they'll take it off. I'm also trying pleading looks. But, sooner or later I'm going to want to lay down. This is a horrible, rotten, bad day.
I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on my skate.... oh, wait, that's not me, that was Alexander.
Still, my day was pretty darn terrible, horrible, and very bad. Katie came home, so it wasn't completely no good, but it was bad. Yesterday was much better, yesterday Joe picked me up from Dogma after being gone since Wednesday. I like going there and playing with the other dogs, but coming home is good too. But, I digress.
This morning, I woke up and my eye was runny. Not a little bit runny, but a lot runny. Then it swelled up a little, and turned red some. My right eyeball was getting puffy and I was squinting and it was running enough to make my eyebrow fur wet. It was bad. And, it itched.
I wanted to wipe it off, but most of the day I could just wipe it off on the carpet. Well, the carpet is covered in dirt and hair, and who knows what else, so I didn't want to wipe my eyeball on that. Luckily, Joe had the day off of work and I could wipe it on his pants. We went for a long walk and that was fun, but my eye still hurt so I started just squinting them up all day. Later, Katie came home and I wiped it all over her pants as often as I could. Why do her pants smell like cat!
We went for a walk, but not my normal walk, and I thought things were looking up. We went to the vet. When I came in the technicians said, "Grady!" I like it there. I got on the scale, and then we went in the room and I got lots of pets and tried to wipe my Halti off. Then they took my temperature. Ugh. Not good. They shined lights in my eyes! And put drops in it, and I'm not supposed to worry if my nose snobber has a green tint. What's with that? I did get some treats. But, then they put the lights in my eyes and used tweezers to grab my third eyelid! At least they took my Halti off for that. When it was all done I got some more treats and that was good.
We were getting ready to go, and then the worst part happened. They put a plastic cone on my head!! Then they brought out a cat, which I could smell, but not see. This cone is awful. When we were leaving the vets, I got stuck. The cone hit the door. Okay, sure, I could've backed up, but this is horrible and I want it off. I tried to pick up a branch that was outside the door and the cone got in the way. I was sniffing along the fences, and the cone caught on the edge of the fence and made me stop. I tried to mark a tree, sidle up next to it and get into my preferred position, and the cone got in the way. I tried a different angle, and another angle. On the third pass, I just stood there hoping someone would take it off.
If I go to see Joe and Katie then it sticks on the chair, you can't even get close. How am I supposed to sleep in this thing! I'm trying to look indignant and hope they'll take it off. I'm also trying pleading looks. But, sooner or later I'm going to want to lay down. This is a horrible, rotten, bad day.
