2010 arrived uneventfully. I had the pleasure of working yesterday and the ER was packed. I'm sure this 3 day weekend will be crazy too but I'm off! We had a great Christmas. We celebrated the day before as I had to work on Christmas day. We opened gifts in the morning and cooked a nice rib roast for dinner with twice baked potatoes. Martha, Sue Gilmore, and our neighbor Robin Wilson joined us.
One of our best gifts was a Wii. We got John a game "Call to Duty" and Molly and I got the Wii fit plus and sports resort games. They are awesome.
My neighbor Nick has been in the hospital for several days after his cat bit him on the hand. The cat had an infected ear from a ?cat fight and he accidentally touched it. He never told his wife and 3 days later his hand was bright red and swollen and hot and 3 times the size of normal. He was admitted and on IV antibiotics for several days and came home last night. Molly and I have been checking on his wife...she was worried about the cat too so we volunteered to drive him to our vets for a checkup. The weather was pretty awful but we figured we would drive slow and be fine. We went to pick him up and she was dressed in her jacket carrying her portable oxygen tank "ready to go" I told her I would rather she didn't come as the roads were bad...she was disappointed but agreed. (I just figured better to not have her fall and break a hip) There were cars off the road on the way and a tractor trailer jackknifed in West Rutland. The cat yowled all the way there and all the way back. Molly looked at me once and said "why are we doing this again?" Anyway both are home and both seem to be doing better.
Molly also cut her hair before Christmas and donated 9 inches to Locks of Love. She looks great and loves the new haircut.
The big snowstorm doesn't seem to be amounting to much so far. We've been invited to the neighbors tonight for dinner. Molly gave Austin a bath this morning and he smells so much better. He's doing well. He will turn 13 this March.
Take care and Happy New Year!
