What a Valentine's Day!

so i hope everyone is participating in the lovefest that is valentine's day. me, i ended up spending most of my day at the Animal Medical Center. pater called me this morning, "bad news", my boy attacked a 3 month old maltese in the elevator of her apartment--and it was bad. the puppy's owner, nicole, went to the vet to get the bugger checked out. i went over to the apt and waited for news from nicole. she rang in about a 1/2 hour later, the puppy needs to be taken to the emergency room, not only were there puncture wounds on the pup's back, there were wounds on the belly--possible puncture of the stomach with internal bleeding. nicole turned out to be pretty good about it considering, and the icing on the cake is that it's her mother's dog and she was just watching him. thank god pater was there to do damage control and was really good at calming nicole down with her craziness, turns out that pater knows her nephew, so that was a plus. meanwhile, i was doing my best impression of mt. vesuvius, suppressing worry, anger, guilt, disappointment--you name it. and nursing a hangover to boot!

the dog requires surgery, the internal bleeding is that bad and was admitted.

the cost $1730.

anyone know how to apply for food stamps?