update

Well, Thirteen's TSH blood test came back, and she does not have hypothyroid. Which seems really weird to me, since she does have most of the symptoms. I guess she's lethargic, itchy and has bad skin for some other reason. We did get the medicine for her UTI which I hope will cut down on the accidents. Good timing too: we've been managing them pretty well by getting up in the early am to open the door for her, and we'll have to stop doing that now that it's finally cooling down.

On the bright side, Thirteen has been eating much better consistently since we switched to the nice food. I stocked up on the "holistic" food from Cole Park, and we also tried a couple of "no byproduct" dog foods from Whole Foods. Of those she liked bison a lot last night, and was a bit iffy on turkey this morning. In general she's less hungry in the morning. Or maybe she only likes exotic foods. We were joking that we should get her frog's legs, goose and venison. Venison dog food probably exists now that I think about it.

In other news, that headache I had the other day turned out to be stage 1 of a cold. Dammit. I so do not need a cold right now. I almost didn't go out last night because I was feeling so tired. I'm really glad I went, and I hope I didn't make anyone sick. I tried to sit off to the side so I wasn't breathing directly on anyone, and cough discreetly into my napkin.

The dinner was lovely, anyway. Great conversation, great food. I don't think I've ever had less than great food at Piedmont. I had the butternut squash risotto, which was outstanding. It had pieces of squash in it as well as pumpkins seeds, which gave a nice texture contrast. And a nice pecorino cheese on top. I also had a bite of Georg's duck appetizer and his pork belly entree. Both were amazing.

Today unfortunately I've got a lot to do, and I'm going to try to do it all in a relaxed way. There's my show of course, which will start with a Rat Pack set in honor of Joey Bishop. And it's finally time to get the long sleeved shirts, sweaters, knee socks and flannel PJs out of storage. Also I need to pick a pattern and go to the yarn store, as I'm almost done with that cardigan I was working on. I think I'm going to make one of these two:

I like the scoop neck one a little better, but it calls for really fine yarn and tiny needles. Which means it would take a long time to knit, and also I'm only looking at craft store yarn (because I'm a cheapskate). And I don't remember there being any fine yarn that was even halfway decent at the craft store. So maybe I'll have to save the scoop neck for another time when I'm feeling flush, and make the other one now, out of Wool-ese or something like that.

(ps: Georg just discovered the secret to getting Thirteen to eat her pills after she's decided she doesn't want to eat anymore: dab a little Nutrical on them. Worked like a charm!)