Finally: an update!
Wow, has it really been that long since I posted? I've lost track of all the things I told myself I'd write down at some point. So, oh well. Here's what I do remember.

Over last weekend, Chase kitty stopped eating. He didn't eat for two days, so first thing Monday, I took him to the vet before work. He had blood in his urine, leading them to guess at a kidney infection and start him on antibiotics. His bloodwork came back normal. After a day on the meds, he started eating again, and now he's eating like he hasn't eaten in a month, so I'm pretty sure he'll be fine. He goes back in a week to get another test to be sure he's well again.

Uhm. I got a betta fish. Just what I need, another pet, right? I was tempted by a free fish offer. I didn't get the free one, but it tempted me too much toward another. So far, my sister's little beasty cat hasn't managed to eat him. He still needs a name. He is a kind of silvery-grey with a blue top fin speckled in black and shiny blue along the top half of his sides. The live plants I put in with him are trying to take over. I need to cut them back again, and I've only had them like two weeks.

Sienna caught her nail on something awhile back. It ripped most of it off. There was a lot of blood, and a very panicked me. The emergency vet for our vet, who is the old jerk I don't like, always makes me feel like an idiot. He just said to rip the rest off and stop the bleeding, like I should have known it was okay to just rip at the poor girl's nail. By the next day it didn't seem to concern her any more. It looks normal now, only a good bit shorter than the others.

I signed Perky up for training classes. The family thinks I'm nuts, that she's too old. But oh well. I'm hoping it will be something fun for us to do together. And it will drag me out of the house once a week for something other than work or spending all my money at Petsmart.