Forever

Gracie's eye trouble flared up again, and so I took her to the vet yesterday. They had to shave her muzzle and around her eyes; she has kind of a foxy look now. Prescription eye drops twice a day for five days, and then I have to get OTC eye drops for her - three times a day, for the rest of her life.

Kind of depressing, that is. If she lives the average lifespan for a Yorkie, that'll be about five more years (and I did *not* need to be reminded of that). I'm not sure what I'll do about the holidays. I may decide to skip my California trip this year.

Sigh. Living with dogs is part of *living*, for me; but there's a cost to it.

Contradiction

Well now, this is interesting.

I just received an e-mail from Amazon about Jo Walton's latest book. The message included the following:
"You have subscribed to new release emails for Jo Walton. You won't want to miss this new book.
Manage your E-mail subscriptions :url:"

As I didn't remember placing such a subscription, I clicked on the URL. Surprise, surprise, I have no subscriptions at Amazon.

I'm clicking on the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the message, but I'm still a little annoyed.

Worth It

Gracie's asleep under my chair, yipping in her sleep.

This is what makes it worth it.