Home on T Day

 I didn't go anywhere Thanksgiving.  I stayed put and searched for Gigi most of the day.

I had planned to go to my brother's.   However, his son's new baby became ill with an antibiotic resistant bacteria shortly after birth and only got out of the hospital right before Thanksgiving, still on antibiotics with completely exhausted parents.

As for my brother, he can barely walk due to a bad knee.  He's having it replaced in March.  And his wife broke her ankle a few days before Thanksgiving.  She was walking with friends, not paying attention and rolled her foot off the paved path, fell then I think, I'm not sure, down off the path.

She got Xrays and was told its broken but still hasn't seen a bone doctor about it, couldn't get in, it being the holiday and all I guess.  I think she might get in this next week.   She was told to bear no weight on it, as its that kind of fracture.  Damage will be done.   But even their bedroom is up some stairs.

Two gimps together for the holiday.  I wished I could go down and help them out but figured I might add to the misery if say my car broke down along the way.

So that's why I stayed put here.  If I go see them Christmas it will be only for a day at some point.   They don't need more effort of any sort in their lives right now.  They just need to heal up.

I don't mind.  I have the cats here to entertain me endlessly and order me around.  

I have two FCCO trips in December, but one of them is a little sketchy and whether they catch cats or not (they won't let me help) I'll take up any they do catch.   The second trip is people I don't know anything about but they contacted FCCO who asked if I could help out since they're in wheelchairs.

Then I have a handful of Salem appointments, only five, the entire month of December.  Slim pickings.

Probably for the best since those spots cost me $50 per cat.

I have three spots Monday.  The torti is supposed to go, that the lady hand grabbed at the park.  But she hasn't said a thing about her since catching her.  I tried again today and she said she was busy and didn't answer further.   I would have to pick her up tomorrow at her place.  I gave the other two spots to the vet student, since she's fourth year, and will, once graduated, I believe, move back to her home state of Idaho.  Getting more fixed where she lives before she leaves is kind of on my high pri list.  I haven't heard back from her today either.  I hope to before the evening turns to late night.  Just to know because otherwise I got to go last minute scrounge three completely different cats up and I'm feeling lazy and its cold and excuses excuses excuses.