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anarchist_nomad Feb. 20th, 2008 02:37 pm)
anarchist_nomad Feb. 20th, 2008 02:37 pm)First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who replied to yesterday's post regarding our current spate of "highly unusual" cat medical problems. I won't pretend that everything is somehow magically resolved yet -- or, indeed, that I know anything more than I did yesterday -- but the moral support is much appreciated during this difficult time.
Continuing the cat medical drama, I brought Foxy (see icon) to the vet this morning. The good news is that she has not lost any more weight in the past six days. As she currently weighs in at a mere 5.9 pounds, she does not have much left to lose! It is unclear if her weight has stabilised -- she lost half a pound in the eleven days prior to that -- or if this is just a lull. It is also unclear what is wrong with her. The purpose of this vet visit was to have more blood drawn for further testing. Hopefully we will have some news by Friday.
Meanwhile, I have more trips to Stratford-upon-Avon to distract me from all the uncertainty and waiting.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cheshcat and I drove up there last night to see Henry VI, part one (The War With France). In short, Joan of Arc (with a little help from her demon friends) helps the French to start evicting the English from France while, back home, the War of the Roses begins. Once more, RSC put on an excellent production! Well done!! I really quite like this ensemble... and, having seen most of the plays now, it is quite interesting to see the various roles that different actors take on. For instance, the actors playing Talbot and his son in 1H6 were the same ones who played Northumberland and Hotspur (another father/son pair) in R2 and 1H4. It is also interesting to see Richard Plantagenet make such disparaging remarks about Henry IV... as the same actor playing Richard P. now played Henry IV several plays ago. We return to Stratford tonight to see Henry VI, part two (England's Fall).
Finally, as an announcement to those who don't know and a reminder to those who do, I should mention that there will be a total lunar eclipse tonight. For those friends in my home time zone (the East Coast of the United States), the partial eclipse (i.e., the umbral phase) begins at 8:43pm and totality commences at 10:01pm. Totality ends at 10:52pm, and the umbral phase concludes at 12:09am. Chicagoans should subtract one hour from all these times. Friends on this side of the pond should add five hours[*]. That makes for a bit of a late night... but this will be the last time that a total lunar eclipse will be fully visible in Great Britain for another seven years -- the next one will be on 28 September 2015 -- so it is worth losing a little sleep over. Assuming, of course, that the clouds relent to the point where anything is visible. If they do, don't expect to hear anything from me tomorrow morning...
[*] So, here in Britian, the umbral phase begins at 1:43am, totality begins at 3:01am and ends at 3:52am, and the umbral phase wraps up at 5:09am.
Continuing the cat medical drama, I brought Foxy (see icon) to the vet this morning. The good news is that she has not lost any more weight in the past six days. As she currently weighs in at a mere 5.9 pounds, she does not have much left to lose! It is unclear if her weight has stabilised -- she lost half a pound in the eleven days prior to that -- or if this is just a lull. It is also unclear what is wrong with her. The purpose of this vet visit was to have more blood drawn for further testing. Hopefully we will have some news by Friday.
Meanwhile, I have more trips to Stratford-upon-Avon to distract me from all the uncertainty and waiting.
cheshcat and I drove up there last night to see Henry VI, part one (The War With France). In short, Joan of Arc (with a little help from her demon friends) helps the French to start evicting the English from France while, back home, the War of the Roses begins. Once more, RSC put on an excellent production! Well done!! I really quite like this ensemble... and, having seen most of the plays now, it is quite interesting to see the various roles that different actors take on. For instance, the actors playing Talbot and his son in 1H6 were the same ones who played Northumberland and Hotspur (another father/son pair) in R2 and 1H4. It is also interesting to see Richard Plantagenet make such disparaging remarks about Henry IV... as the same actor playing Richard P. now played Henry IV several plays ago. We return to Stratford tonight to see Henry VI, part two (England's Fall).Finally, as an announcement to those who don't know and a reminder to those who do, I should mention that there will be a total lunar eclipse tonight. For those friends in my home time zone (the East Coast of the United States), the partial eclipse (i.e., the umbral phase) begins at 8:43pm and totality commences at 10:01pm. Totality ends at 10:52pm, and the umbral phase concludes at 12:09am. Chicagoans should subtract one hour from all these times. Friends on this side of the pond should add five hours[*]. That makes for a bit of a late night... but this will be the last time that a total lunar eclipse will be fully visible in Great Britain for another seven years -- the next one will be on 28 September 2015 -- so it is worth losing a little sleep over. Assuming, of course, that the clouds relent to the point where anything is visible. If they do, don't expect to hear anything from me tomorrow morning...
[*] So, here in Britian, the umbral phase begins at 1:43am, totality begins at 3:01am and ends at 3:52am, and the umbral phase wraps up at 5:09am.
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Truly, i am wishing for a speedy and happy outcome.
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I suppose I could have worn warmer clothes, too...