Andy’s looking really cute just now!

“Hey Andy!” ~~boop!~~

Andy’s…

…just about…

…to turn…

…the corner…

…to Sleepyville!

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This has been a month that just zoomed by. I can’t imagine where the time flew!

Sometimes Andy and I just need to remind each other we are each other’s best buddy.

Of  course, when Andy has important kitty business to do, he doesn’t wait for me to get a perfect photo of him….

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Woo hoo! My Wi-Fi mouse arrived a day late but now is taking over mousing duties from the terrible touch pad! I love being able to just plug in the little card and all the mousey set-up business is taken care of. I did have to look for that card, which was hidden inside the battery cavity, a fact not noted on the packaging. The old mouse had one of those, too, so I knew (from the description on Amazon) that there had to be one somewhere. It’s smaller thn the older missing mouse, much more comfortable in the hand, too. Woo hoo! Happy to be mousing again!

Up close: Andy’s “selfie”.

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Today is Indonesian Independence Day! Happy Independence Day to my friends in Indonesia on their national day!

HARI KERMERDEKAAN, INDONESIA!

For more information on the meaning of the device over the national flag of Indonesia, look up Pancasila on Wikipedia. I tried to select a link with the touch pad – my new mouse hasn’t arrived yet and I have difficulties getting the touch pad to do what I try to get it to do.

I believe Indonesian flag etiquette or law makes imposing images on the flag illegal, much like the US Flag Code does the Stars and Stripes. I regret that the only image of the Indonesian flag I was able to get to download, then, is this one with the Pancasila imposed on it. I tried to download images of both separately. Again, I was unable to get the touch pad to let me select and attach the link to another bit of interesting Indonesian history. Look up Flag of Indonesia on Wikipedia for the history of their flag, which goes back hundreds of years!

Computer update… may as well go back to bed.

“Want some loving, Andy?” He acted like that wasn’t why he tapped me on the arm.

He hopped on the ottoman but he didn’t want treats! No treats?

So he hops onto the cat tree by my bedroom. This is where I “scritch” him in those minutes just after I get up…but Andy and I’ve been up for hours! I “scritch” him anyway.

He is distracted. Something’s cat business outside the bedroom window. 

Then Andy returns his interest to me.

“Well? You ‘scritching’ me or not?” So I did. That’s why Andy dragged me over here.

One never knows…

…what…

 …will…

…amuse…

…one’s kitty boy.

Andy was a little poop when I tried to tape something in his presence.

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One never knows when Andy will take an interest in something you are doing or in what you have to do it with. Thanks to kitty slobber, the tape didn’t stick on his fur when he got close. Of course, kitty play stifled progress on taping what I was trying to tape. I had to pull new tape off the spool three times before I managed to thwart Andrew’s attacks. 

I sense Andy has a demand coming on.

Yes, he put his foot on my laptop. Better follow him out to the kitchen. I suspect it’s time for the “mousie in the cabinet” patrol again.

Once Andy had his grooming session, the lipoma on his right side became more obvious. I know you will see it in photos and be concerned.

I did take Andy to the veterinarian’s when I noticed it a few months ago. Dr. Y., Andy’s veterinarian, examined it and took a sample to determine that it is a lipoma, not cancer. Dr. Y. assured me the lump isn’t likely to become cancer. It is soft and loose feeling to the touch, doesn’t cause Andy pain.

Originally, Dr. Y. said he wasn’t able to deal with it immediately but told me to check again last April.

I asked him about the removal risks to Andy since he was almost 12 years old at the time, and he assured me there always is a risk, though there would be an evaluation of his overall health (probably a blood test, blood pressure check) before any surgery. When I asked him for a rough “cost to do” since I am retired, he was vague. “We can set up a payment plan.” (That is, a lot!)

I ran into some heavy expenses in April. I had, among other things coming due: the $300 renewal cost of this blog; car tax and plates since this was the 6th year for the old ones; the annual routine maintenance on my car; car insurance; not to forget the Chewy screw-ups on auto-shipments of Greenies and Andy’s dry food that is specially shaped for “scrunched’ Persian faces by Royal Canin – a bag lasts a long time but is very expensive; and other things like a huge credit card bill that was outside of my budget because of things like the Chewy screw-ups and purchases made before other expenses I hadn’t expected till months later popped up.

I had to use my tax return money, money from a bank account I had left over from my parents’ days but that I rarely used, a chunk out of my credit union account, and a big amount out of a retirement account to stay solvent after everything was paid off, but I managed not to have to carry any expenses over to a second billing cycle, with the added penalties that entails. I make a point of never having to pay late fees!

When will Andy get the lipoma removed? When I can pay for it. If it caused him pain, I’d have it removed immediately. I still have concerns about his safety under anesthesia, though I’ve been reassured by Dr. Y. about that. I’d appreciate any comments from people who’ve had pets develop lipomas and the costs and their pets’ experiences with having them removed. 

For those who haven’t seen television’s Dr. Pimple Popper pop a lipoma (ugh! – not again!), here’s a link to the Wikipedia article on this tumor.

Lipoma – Wikipedia