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May 19, 2006
RadCat
A week from Tuesday, Moses is slated to become a RadCat. It's clear that medicating him for the rest of his life is not going to work well. The dosage is a moving target; I get careless and miss doses or give them late sometimes. I'm human. It happens. Since J. found that study that demonstrated that the radiation treatment doesn't kill them any faster than anything else, I decided to go for it.
It's a week of bleeding money. The radiation treatment isn't cheap. Last night I looked at an electric range that a neighbor is giving away, and realized that I have my heart set on a new one (although the free one would actually be a step up from what I have now).
Spacepod needed a few things done before he goes out on loan to Xta's mom. He needed them anyway, and this is a good way to make myself just get it done.
Now that I've got the Moses situation settled, I feel like I can book the trip to Vegas. I wanted to make sure I wouldn't be leaving town at a time when he'd need me here. Since I've waited so long to book it, I shudder to think what the prices will be. Maybe they won't be so bad; it's still over a month out.
Here's some perspective, however: my current re-obsession with BPAL has lead to a renewed interest in the BPAL online forum. In one thread, a woman wrote that her limit for her next BPAL order is... $750. Just think on that for a moment. Seven hundred and fifty smackers worth of fragrant oil. That's the better part of a mortgage payment, around here. More than two car payments. Well over half of Moses' radiation treatment. I could furnish and re-furnish my screen porch several times over for that price.
At least I'm spending my money on stuff that ain't just for smelling pretty.
Speaking of, today's scent is Zombi.
Posted by lisa at May 19, 2006 06:57 PM
Comments
You're putting something on your body named after semi-dead people?
Posted by: Joseph H. Vilas on May 20, 2006 02:59 AM
i want brains.
BRRAAAIIIIINNNSSSSSS.
Posted by: lisa on May 20, 2006 10:34 AM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.