Scatter brain

I'm feeling slightly scattered this morning.

For one thing, I crawled out of bed way too late, (in my own head) to make coffee this morning. I also was sick for a few days, and haven't written an entry since Sunday morning, (AKA: the morning before the afternoon I became ill), and I have many, many things to say.

Let's start with Monday night's adventure. I received a call from Mum G on Monday night. Last Wednesday, while Billy and I were away, she and a friend decided to spend the day wandering around Point Pelee, (very nice this time of year). They, along with the pooch had a great time. A few days later, Mum G thought she had a large pimple on her, uh, I'll say backside, because I am talking about my mother in law... She was a little concerned about this pimple, and asked her daughter, Deb to have a peek. (Okay, this is really getting personal now...) Deb discovered that this blemish had legs and a head. Oh yes, it was a tick!

So obviously Deb pulled the tick off, (the proper way) and everything was fine, although Mum G swears never to return to P.P. this time of year again. Well I heard this story on Monday night, while enjoying a little fever and a stomach flu. I thought it would be prudent to give Halia an exam. Lo and behold! A little hanger on near her shoulder blade. (By the way, parasites of all kinds Freak Me Out.) Well I got the little bugger out, was finished the once over and was petting Halia for being such a good pooch. Oh what is that near her ear? A quarter sized lump, a half inch thick! Oh great it's a bloody mess with another tick having its way with my dog. Well I took out that nasty thing, and decided to take Halia to the vet in the morning. (It seems I can't go 6 weeks without a visit to the vet...)

The spot is nasty, and they had to shave her head in that area. Gross! There is a raised, bruised, bloody lump. Fun. Oh, the lucky dog also had her anal glands 'expressed'. Here's a hint: Don't put your dog in the car immediately after having her ass sacks popped, as your car will smell like a dog's butt!

Okay, so that's all good, let's go to Sunday afternoon.

I'm at the open house, and although in this blog I hoped for a good turn out, as without, I would regret not hibernating on the couch and watching football. I cursed myself well, as it was the best open house turn out I've had in months, and I felt near death with fever and stomach *issues*. Believe me, everytime that doorbell rang a litany of curse words directed at perspective buyers rushed through my head. Fun,and not very productive.

Okay, other thoughts:

- The Other Liz, (the lucky girl not only because of a fabulous name, and gorgeous looks that always go with that incredible name...) was at a charity event on Friday night and won the grand-prize-all-inclusive-trip-for-two-including-airfare-at-any-Sandals-resort in Jamaica. She deserves the trip, and I couldn't be happier for anyone!
- With the GST quarterly deadline fast approaching, (today's mission if I choose to accept it...) it makes me shake my head. I know people that haven't paid their GST in years. How do you sleep at night? Don't you think every time the phone or doorbell rings that it may be Revenue Canada wanting to know WTF? Hmm, I guess that's what drugs are for.
- I also know someone who just had their debt consolidated, (now their house is about 90-100% mortgaged after owning it for a decade....), and they've just booked a lovely trip to the tropics. Wow, great priorities! This to me is crazy for 2 reasons:
REASON 1) So you run up your credit cards on crap like clothes, and eating out, and add that debt to your mortgage. So essentially you are going to pay for that nice $120 dinner out amortized over 25 years, running for perhaps a five year term, and let's say your interest rate is 5.5%... (Please hold as I retrieve my trusty dusty mortgage calculator...) at the end of the 5 year term, they still owe about $14 for that dinner. Plus, the interest on that $120 dinner, (not included whatever you accrued on your credit card) is about $40, (for only that five year term, as that little extra is still not paid off once the entire amount of the balance is considered...) Dee dee dee!
REASON 2) If you can't afford to pay cash, if your credit cards are starting to get a little out of control, if you think the future may hold a meeting with your mortgage broker to discuss consolidation of credit card debt: Don't Go Out To Dinner And Spend $120! Is that a difficult concept to grasp?

Whew! I feel better now. Without reaching for my soapbox, I really don't understand some people. I think that's what I'll write about in my next entry: People Whom I Don't Understand.. Right after I do my GST...