Pets

On Friday Lennox went to the vet because he has chewed a giant hole in his back and neurotically chews on it all day long, every day. Gross. We thought it was just a hot spot and have been waiting for it to go away (for months) but it hasn't. We were worried he had some sort of tumor or skin disease or something, so we finally broke down and took him to the doc. Apparently he is just severely allergic to fleas, and any time he comes in contact with a flea his skin is going to erupt. We have been treating all the pets for fleas, but come on, now and again he's going to run into a flea. Super. Anyway, we came home with a couple of bottles of meds, and a dog with a giant lampshade around his neck. He has been walking around like a blind person, running into every thing, all weekend long.

Saturday was pretty low-key. It was about a million degrees and humid here, so we didn't leave the house much. We went grocery shopping and lounged around the house for most of the day. Parker is getting his second tooth and has been a little less chipper than usual. He's also had some constipation problems, which is really sad to watch! We're implementing some prunes into his daily diet. Poor little guy!

On Sunday we arranged to have our friends Jacy and Jared come over to watch Parker while we went out to dinner together, which we haven't done for ages. In preparation, we spent the whole day cleaning the house so that it would look nice while J & J were there. It was a big cleaning process, but it feels good to have the place back in order. Some time in the early afternoon I realized that I hadn't seen Marvin for a few hours. We looked high and low all over the house, and could not find him! Marvin has been looking punier than usualy lately, and I had a horrible feeling that he had crawled away somewhere and was not ok. We still hadn't found him when we went to dinner, so I worried about him the whole time in addition to worrying about whether Parker was ok or not. So much for a relaxing, romantic date! We did, at least, have a very nice dinner and bottle of wine.

When we got back, Parker had been upset, which made me sad, but he calmed down, ate, and passed out as soon as he had Mommy back. Jared and Chris went to the back deck to let Lennox out and suddenly Jared saw Marvin pop out from under the deck!!! He was out there all day long in temperatures nearing 100 degrees! What was he thinking!!! We have no idea how he escaped, but he scared the daylights out of me. He seemed very nonchalant about the whole thing. Little Booger.

So, that was the big weekend update. Chris had an interview last week at Cartoon Network and should hear back some time this week. Keep him in your thoughts, prayers, cross your fingers and anything else you can think of to do in hope that he gets an offer. This is a job he would really enjoy! :)

I'm super tired today, but wanted to keep you in the know.

Luv,
Laura