Eluding Surrealism April 02, 2003 - 12:53 p.m.

We got our notice in the mail yesterday, reminding us that the animal's shots and licenses are due by May 10th. If it's later than than, we'll have to pay a $10 late fee... on each animal. As well as chancing a fine if Animal Control comes by to do a random license check.

I think their random checks aren't nearly as random as they would like people to believe. I'm sure they have people call and say something, or just check the people that they've had 'problems' with before. And our neighbors are always calling. Which is so lame. I mean, these people have called the cops before simply because our dog barked a few times, yet she was only outside for maybe an hour. While there are easily a dozen dogs that are strictly outdoors and you can hear them barking throughout the day and night, almost nonstop. We just think our neighbors (well, two of them) don't like us. But that's fine. One of them put up a for sale sign and the other can... well.. just eat a dick.

Yeah. So. Anyhow...

I've got right at a month to come up with enough money for these shots. 'Shots' involve more than just shots and some paperwork. First we have to take Lady to get groomed. Combine her numerous knots and extensive dirt with the whole spazz i'll-bite-you-if-you-get-those-clippers-near-me attitude... you're looking at easily $50. Then I've got to take Romeo to get a bath, cause I'm sure Chris won't let me wash him here. Dickhead. So I can take him to one of those places that has the setup, but you do it yourself. He's no problem, just scared. But that's still seven or so bucks. And when you have nothing, $7 is a lot. Then we've got to have Oreo fixed. Otherwise, her license will cost $35 instead of $7, and we may as well fix her now before she has the opportunity to run outside and get knocked up. Animals are sluts like that. Then there's Twink. With Twink, we just throw her in a cage and take her to the vet. We don't have to do anything for her, thankfully. She rocks.

The shots will end up being... maybe $150. That's a huge guess, it'll prolly be more. But I'll work with that figure. Then license, for all animals, will be $28. Lady's grooming, another $50. Oreo's surgery... no clue. Maybe $50? Prolly more. I'll go with $50 for estimative purposes. I'm sure we'll call around and compare prices. There's also a place we know of that offers discounts for people that care for several pets. We'll see. Rounding up, we're looking at $300.

So I'm thinking I can't wait around for the cable job to start, if I even were to get it. Besides, like I've said, I can just tell it's not the job for me. I need something away from customer's. And well, immediate. The cable job, I hear, doesn't start until April 28. If they pay every two weeks, like a lot of places, then I won't even get a check until a week after their licenses need to be renewed. Even if I were to get payed weekly, I wouldn't get out of work until midnight on the 9th. Or, I guess midnight would actually be the 10th... So I'd have to go cash the check, sleep, then deal with the busiest day to get anything like that done... which would include, grooming, shots, surgery, and running to Animal Control... all before they close. That's just not gonna happen.

See folks... I'm just rambling. I'm still in that weird filtered world. Things still feel very strange. So this 'pet situation' is something for me to hang on to. It's planning. It's strategy. It's financial. It's logic. It's a giant puzzle with no surreal elements.

There's that, or I could go do dishes.

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