Poop Update

They are normal! Yay for normal poops! This is my awesome dog. I posted this pic months ago, but since I am at my mom's house while I type, I don't have access to all of the newer pics of The Bachman. After five days of vomiting, having bloody diarrhea, not eating, and just generally ADR (which in the very clinical terms of veterinary medicine means Ain't Doin' Right), The Bachman is almost completely back to his old self again. He had to spend a night at the emergency clinic and have fluids pumped into him and lots of meds, but now he is running around and playing. He is back to licking my face in the morning, climbing on top of me while I am on the couch, trying to give me hugs while I try to pee, and just generally loving Hot Husband and I as much as he can. I am so glad to have a dog with normal poops again!

The Bachman, Part 2

The Bachman is at home and seemingly doing better. He hasn't vomited all day, but he hasn't pooped (yes, I am talking about dog poo on my blog!) all day either. When I took the x-ray this morning all I could see was poop. So him not pooping can mean that he is blocked by an obstruction in his bowels. If he doesn't push some out soon then we'll have to discuss surgery. Hopefully he doesn't wait too long!

I'm trying to remain positive because he is acting like himself again and has stopped vomiting. And even if we have to cut him, I work with the best doctors ever and I know he'll be well taken care of.

I promise to update all of you on the status of his poo very soon!

The Bachman

...eats whatever he can get a hold of. Knowing this, we do whatever is in our power to make sure he eats only digestable things. But as hard as we try, we can never be 100% sure that he didn't get in to something bad. After I am done writing this, we will be on our way to the animal ER. Hope as hard as you can that we don't have to cut him!

Bog Juice

Hot Husband and I just got home from work. We are a one car family so he picked me up and we drove home together. Usually we are talkative and laugh, and on Fridays we have even been known to make up "Yay Friday" cheers in the car. Today was different. We are both being mope-a-lopes and we rode home in silence.

Then Hot Husband decides he is going to shake up our Friday night by making us a shot. He called it Bog Juice and I didn't ask questions. I just drank it down. After I asked for another he gave me the recipe.

Bog Juice:
1/2 shot Everclear
1 shot UV Blue
2 shots grapefruit juice

I thought the first Bog Juice shot was pretty good, but I asked him to make a Bog Juice 2.0 version with 1 shot less of grapefruit juice. It was a lot better only now my insides feel like they are burning. We're going out for Mexican to get rid of the burn. Then I'll have a whole different kind of burn going on!

My Husband's In-Laws

Hot Husband has the best in-laws in the world.

They genuinely love him, want him around all the time, have taken the time to get to know him and they like him just as he is, and no matter what crude thing comes out of his mouth, they all laugh. The biggest problem Hot Husband has with them is that they love him too much. Because he has the most screwed up family I have ever encountered, he isn't used to people wanting to spend so much time with him. Tons of people have heard him proclaim his love for his in-laws, and his in-laws feel the same way about him. Because I have the worst in-laws in the world (though I am sure a million people would argue this with me), it blows my mind that an in-law relationship can be so healthy. My dad and Hot Husband are buddies. They text and hang out, when we are all together for family functions they can hardly be separated. My mom and Hot Husband have also bonded. They can tease each other and laugh, and they teach each other things. My mom taught Hot Husband about Polish traditions and things about religion; he taught her about Camel Toe.

My sisters have a different relationship with him, thought it too is a freakishly good relationship. The relationship between Hot Husband and my sisters has turned into a typical brother/sister relationship. He would gladly kill anyone who hurts them, and they gladly tease him and tell him he isn't good enough. Hot Husband often says how lucky he is to have such cool in-laws. It makes me wonder...

WHY CAN"T I HAVE HIS IN-LAWS!?

Whiskey Fest

Today Hot Husband and my dad are at Whiskey Fest which is held every year in Chicago. This is their male bonding ritual. They love it because they can drink as much of whatever kinds of whiskey they want. I know I'll hear stories about it all year long. I am so happy to have some time to myself tonight, but know it is short lived because I am the lucky one who gets to pick them up afterwards. Then I get to drive home with them while they are plastered. Lucky me!

Notice they are both drinking whiskey in this photo!

Is Saying No An Option Anymore?

My husband's job is driving me nuts. He works in pharmaceutical validation (don't ask me what that is because I just smile and nod when he talks about work) and the company he works for just laid off the other validation guy. I know companies are struggling, but this layoff just doesn't make any sense. According to management, there is enough validation work for four validation guys. So they decided to narrow it down to just one and expect him to work 70 hour weeks to get it all done. Of course it's not all getting done and they get mad because he won't work Sundays. He is starting to say "no" to 12+ hour days more often which is making us both a lot happier, but naturally it pisses of the management. Hot Husband is a salary employee who is severly underpaid and I feel like the damn company is taking advantage of him. I am supposed to be the only one who gets to take advantage of him!

We just really need him to find a new job soon.