Today was a rather subdued day for a holiday. My parents, brother, and grandmother were all supposed to come over for dinner, but my grandmother couldn’t make it due to the weather and my brother got called out to work. He eventually made it here, though, so that was cool. …
Brian took Ripley to the vets after work so she could be put to sleep. He stayed with her the whole time, which was nice and not something I could’ve handled. He said things went about as well as they possibly could have and he was impressed by the compassion …
I took a sick day today (because I am pretty sick about this) in order to spend one last day with Ripley. After much discussion last night, we came to the conclusion that the best thing to do for Ripley is to have her put to sleep. The poor dog …
Brian called a bit ago. I’m not sure of all the test results, but Ripley definitely has a mass in her chest (probably cancer). And she might have some sort of auto-immune disease at work as well. Today’s options were: 1. spend a few thousand $$ for surgery and treatment …
Yesterday, I touched up some spots I missed while painting (painting textured paint is a real pain in the ass) and finished caulking the tub surround. Brian spent the day working on the vanity. Lowe’s also delivered our vanity top and it looked fine. They gave us about a 20% …