Back Off Ma Trash!

Last Friday Ali and I decided to pick up some thai food for dinner.  Well I was so excited to go get it that I forgot to lock the trash in the kitchen.  Big mistake.  30 minutes later when Ali and I got back home, there was trash all over the kitchen and blood on the floor, down the hallway, on the hallway baseboards and walls, and as we would shortly discover, staining the carpet in the bedroom.  Well...obviously (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMtZfW2z9dw) Comet decided to rummage through the trash to see what morsels he could find.  Pistachio, awakened by the commotion, became interested in morsel scavenging as well.  Comet, being offended by Pistachio trying to profit from his hard work, could not let that pass and bit Pistachio in her most prominent feature; her ear.  He managed to create a tear about a half and inch long but he must have nicked a vein or something because there was blood everywhere.  Ali and I thought that we were going to have to look for Pistachio's lifeless body.  Luckily she was just hiding in a corner in the bedroom, bleeding all over the carpet.  Saturday morning we took her to the vet and she was prescribed some antibiotics to prevent infection and a cone.

The tear

 Don't you feel sorry for me?  Wouldn't you like to give me some food?

 The good news is that neither Comet of Pistachio sustained a major injury.  As of this morning, they're back to curling up with each other in the morning, so no love loss either.  The bad news is that seeing the vet and antibiotics aren't cheap.  Also, Pistachio remembers how to use the cone to her advantage (eg. ramming your calves with it to get your attention, particularly around dinner time).

Anyway, that's all for now.  I need to finish my final paper for international business.  Wish me luck!

Random thoughts for 10/21/10

Whelp.  Guess I'm gonna try to start doing this blogging thing again.  Seems like a more appropriate way to waste time than spending hours playing video games.  Although I did just pre-order Black Ops...but shhhhh...

So C.A.M.P.?  WTF is that?  In possibly my most creative moment, I took the first letters of the four members of my household and spelled a word with them [(Comet, dog),(Ali, wife),(Marshall, me),(Pistachio, dog)].  Aren't you impressed?

OK, so here are my random thoughts for today.

After a 4-5 week hiatus from working out (mostly due to laziness but there was some school in there too), I decided to get my ass back in the gym.  Put in a decent workout today; 2 sets of swiss ball abs, 2 sets of crunches, 2 sets of push ups, and 45min on the elliptical.  When I got home and weighed myself I was a surprising 212.5.  I'm pretty happy with that as I was 209.6 before my little hiatus.  If I get myself to go to the gym 3-4 days a week I should easily be under 200 by new years.  I guess doing this blog should help keep me motivated as well.

Thought #2.  I'm kind of enjoying all of the rain we've been having.  Comet on the other-hand is getting quite aggravated with it.  Mostly because the rain means that Ali and I are less willing to go outside and play fetch with him.  Here he is this afternoon...longing to go outside and play...

Thought #3.  I just finished two classes at UofR.  I'm waiting for my final grade to be posted in one of the classes and I've got to write a 7-10 page paper by next Wednesday for the other.  If I get 3.3's in both classes I'll be satisfied but I'm hoping for 3.7's.  I'm somewhat confused as to how to start this paper.  Even the concept is a little confusing.  I think if I can come up with a decent outline by tonight, I should have it finished by early next week.

That's all for now.  Time to get this paper figured out.