I really was exhausted after pilates last night - in fact, I was exhausted before pilates - but managed to stay awake while I got myself a nice dinner, then (as anticipated) collapsed into bed about 8pm and slept solidly till 7:45am, right through two alarms.
Muffy's visit to the vet deserves a mention. I know vets are always expensive and I wouldn't think of not taking her, especially as the problem turned out to be a bacterial infection in her ears, which, if left untreated, could have become very nasty, BUT the prescribed ear drops cost $69.92 for 8.5 mls! I know I'm spoilt as I get all my human medications for a mere $6 and the taxpayer picks up the rest, but this is ridiculous. You can hardly see the container. That works out at $8.22 per ml. And 1 ml of anything is almost invisible. At that rate, $55 for the actual visit was cheap. Then there was $35 for the slide examined under a microscope and $21.27 for some stuff to squirt into her ears to clean them.
I took the two kids with me and they were wide-eyed watching what he did. All the way home, Hugo talked about wanting to be a vet ('bet', as he pronounces it) to help sick animals.
I just made the print larger as it's getting hard for me to read and I have to wait another week for my new glasses.
I can't believe Max is nearly 18, Winifred. Have we been emailing for about 14 years?????
Muffy's visit to the vet deserves a mention. I know vets are always expensive and I wouldn't think of not taking her, especially as the problem turned out to be a bacterial infection in her ears, which, if left untreated, could have become very nasty, BUT the prescribed ear drops cost $69.92 for 8.5 mls! I know I'm spoilt as I get all my human medications for a mere $6 and the taxpayer picks up the rest, but this is ridiculous. You can hardly see the container. That works out at $8.22 per ml. And 1 ml of anything is almost invisible. At that rate, $55 for the actual visit was cheap. Then there was $35 for the slide examined under a microscope and $21.27 for some stuff to squirt into her ears to clean them.
I took the two kids with me and they were wide-eyed watching what he did. All the way home, Hugo talked about wanting to be a vet ('bet', as he pronounces it) to help sick animals.
I just made the print larger as it's getting hard for me to read and I have to wait another week for my new glasses.
I can't believe Max is nearly 18, Winifred. Have we been emailing for about 14 years?????
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Well that's a surprise, I looked back in my diary to find you were my first email friend after I bought myself a PC and indeed it was 2000/2001 I got it after Christmas. Time moves on - Max was born in 1997 and his mummy died in 2003 - Georgina was born in 1999 and was just 4 years old when Julie died. You and I have been through a lot together and I always look forward to news from Oz. xxx
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