Three-Letter Acronyms & Four-Letter Words

I took off of work early yesterday and swung by the Gallery of Pets to buy Emma some Nature's Variety kibble, so that she can keep eating healthy, even when she is at the Vet's office. They had a little stand setup with stuffed dog squeaky toys, I bought her a pig one, it was bigger than the toys we usually get them, but I wanted her to have something she could cuddle up with, given that she is away from us and her brothers, Curly, Buddy and Basil.

Jeremy came along with me, I am his ride while he is here in Austin for training. I got turned around when trying to get there, so it took a little bit longer than I had been expecting.

My poor little girl, she was hooked up to an IV and was definitely happy to see us, but she still can't use her legs on her left side, so at one point she fell over. This killed me, I will admit I teared up a bit. For a dog that runs and jumps and knows no fear, it got to me that she couldn't stand up.

I took some pics while we were there and I think I shot a movie. We fed her, she hoovered the food down in classic Emma fashion, so at least I know that she is doing good.

Gina said that the Vet decided against the CT scan and was going to instead do the dye test. They are pretty sure that it is one of two things, the Dr. Caplan (correct spelling), had consulted with a neurologist at Texas A&M, and they think that it is either a ruptured disc that is blocking the signals or possibly FCE.

In either case, Gina & the Vet are sure that Emma is likely to recover to a state close to her old self. However, it will mean lots of physical therapy and Gina is going to have acupuncture done on Emma too.

The dye test will be done this morning so we should know a better diagnosis by this afternoon.

Back to the grind.

Laterz

I still have some congestion in my sinuses but overall I am feeling worlds better.

So much better I stayed up till 3am on Sunday night coding on the DevZone.

I got a lot done in the last 2 hours.

I definitely have a long day ahead of me tomorrow. But thanks to the work I did tonight it should be much easier.

I got the new DevZone to the point where it calls the api methods to create JadukaDeveloper. I got the functionality built in to allow folks to log out, and log back in. (Essential things)

There is some stuff that I have had to cut corners on, like page redirects. However, I coded in some fail safes that should keep folks from hitting refresh and getting an unexpected reaction.

I have to say that without mod_rewrite this project would have taken much, much longer.

Well, I am going to go and hit the hay.

I see that Jeremy weighed in, down to 281. A round of applause for my buddy Buddha. He is sure to break out of the 280s any time now, which means that our battle royal will begin soon. And needless to say, I am not prepared. But such is life, I will get my ass in gear and give it my best.

"Do or do not, there is no try." - Yoda

Sorry, HBO has had the Star Wars movies in high rotation the last couple of weeks.

Night,
Laterz.

Well, I'm feeling way better than I have in the last week.

However, I am still not 100%. I'm guessing that will come tomorrow or Monday morning. I still have some nasal congestion and a bit of a sinus headache.

Gina has been doing laundry all day. I on the other hand have been sleeping a good portion of the day away, but being sick and all that is probably a good thing.

She still has a wicked cough. However, I think that is mostly related to the dry air and her being allergic to Texas. Yes, I said it the whole state of Texas.

I have to get a couple of hours of work done tonight before I retire back to bed. To help me accomplish this I have put in one of my favorite DVDs, High Fidelity.

I know what some of you might be asking. "How can he work and watch a DVD?"

I can't. However, I am not actually watching the movie. I'm more or less just listening to it. Normally, I have my headphones on and listen to music while I work (at work). At home, I crank up the speakers and listen to MP3s off the computer. However, right now I feel more like listening to a movie that I already know.

I have found that if I am listening to new music or trying to listen to a movie I don't know, I end up getting distracted. If I listen to music or movies that I have heard or watched enough to know it almost completely by heart, then I can ignore it.

I don't like silence. Unless it is out in the country, you know like camping, that is different. But silence in the home, it is just unnerving.

I picked High Fidelity because I wanted to watch it the other day and Gina wasn't feeling like it. For some reason I have had "Top 5 Lists" on my mind lately.

Well, I best get back to working, so that I can get a good night's sleep tonight.

Laterz