Transmitten' Kitten Under the Knife

My poor kitten had to get surgery this morning to remove a lump/bump/growth on his leg. We noticed a few weeks ago that he was fussing with his leg so much that he had licked off all the fur, leaving these very strange bald strips running down his leg. The vet didn't know what the lump/bump/growth was but he wanted to remove it anyway so we scheduled the surgery for this morning and dropped him off promptly at eight. I've been fidgeting around the apartment all morning putting away Christmakah stuff and corresponding with the endless glut of DC event managers for our wedding. But finally the vet called and said that *Captain Fuzzystuff was fine and that I could pick him up at four. Which is mercifully less than two hours away. I hate this apartment when the cat is gone - which happened only once before when he was held at the vet for... fluid samples. You don't want the details of that one.

Christmakah travels are finally over. We went to Naples for three days of golfing and spa-ing. Very rough. I accompanied my future Mother-in-Law (oh, god, that just dawned on me) and Sister-in-Law to the spa for a hot rock massage (I don't think that's what it's really called) which was awesome. At first it was a little weird because Florida is hot and the room was hot and the rocks were hot, but then I started to relax and enjoy myself. But I was fighting a sinus infection the whole trip so I spent most of the time lounging by the lake with a book. Three actually. I'm a fast reader when it's not 18th Century Brit Lit.

On the wedding front, still no space. Lots of appointments, lots of options, nothing set in stone. We found a great site that offers everything we want, but some rooms are not that pretty. We found a great site that is beautiful but there are tons of restrictions (no music after 10, no red wine, etc.). And of course there are the sites that offer everything but want $300 a person. So we're still looking.

I'm glad school is over for the semester and I retained my nerdy GPA despite the advanced Latin class that I considered dropping in September. Thankfully, I forgot almost all conjugations the minute I put my pencil away. I'm back on the 15th of Jan so that gives me more than two weeks to prepare for Beginning Drawing and Intro to Computers and the Internet. Family love college!

*Real name withheld to protect the innocent