Only one guest for September (and other updates)

It'll just be Dad, per usual, in September, as his wife had dental surgery yesterday, and will have her final work done on September 24th. I'm sure she won't mind skipping the visit this year, as she's afraid of cats.

So I have his trip to look forward to, though don't have enough vacation time to take every day off. Still, I'll take a couple of days, and that will be good. Dad likes to putter around sight-seeing on his own, anyway. Plus he should be here over two weekends, which is great.

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This might be my last weekend of peace and quiet in the house, as the neighbour kids are due back soon. They've been gone all summer, as they were last year, presumably to the grandmother's. If they follow the same pattern, they'll return on the 24th, but it's always possible they'll be back on the 17th.

It's fabulous to have the peace, to feel like I have a real home, but I do find it very hard to readjust once things return to "normal." 

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I'm finding the week hard to get through. I'm busy, just would prefer to be on paid vacation. Wouldn't we all.

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Derry had a vet check last week, regular stuff. A new-to-us vet, previously on maternity leave. I wasn't impressed at her cursory exam (temperature, heart/lungs, abdominal palpitations, claws clipped and Advantage) or with the charge of $105. She didn't think he needed a dental yet, but her peek into his mouth was so quick, how could she tell? I think I'll ask for Nicki's vet the next time (he was off on holiday last week). She did comment on his weight, though, and the words "diet" and "food restriction" were bandied about. I do notice he's gained, as has Nicki. My fault, I'm the one who doles out the servings.

Nicki goes next Tuesday afternoon for his anal glands. The fun never stops.

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My hip/back/glute pain is pretty much back to the level it was at before the steroid injection. I was doing reasonably well through last week, but things have gone downhill this week, likely from sitting on my butt all day at the computer. I do get up repeatedly, but I think all this sitting exacerbates (or has even caused) most of the pain. I'll decide shortly how I want to approach this going forward: physio or athletic therapy or something else. The massager was helping the knots, but they're really bothering me again this week.

Yeah, this mid-life stuff is fun. LOL. Gotta laugh about it, nothing else you can do.

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I think that's about it. Oh, I'm not keeping up with most cat blogs at the moment, am not in the mood, need a break from most of it. I regularly waffle on whether to let the Fuzzy Tales blog go altogether or just take a hiatus. Whatever, it'll be what it will be.  :-)

I'll leave you with a few snapshots from Fort Henry hill, last Sunday morning.

Peace.

These defensive towers are everywhere in our region.

(First two pics are the same tower.)

 

 Looking toward RMC. Downtown is off to the right, out of the frame.

 The other side of Fort Henry, looking at another tower.

 A fourth tower.

Not a tower. Ha.

 Wolfe Island Ferry heading from our side to theirs.