Okay, think I got these assignments down. Open Internet Scout Portal Account, write discussion topic for LIS 2600 about tech good or bad, post blog. If I keep it that simple I may keep my grip.

As I mentioned in one of my discussion board responses (can't remember which board or response to what) I've officially passed multi-tasking, which is normal, and gone to overload, which I've never done before. Work pops up a new assignment, asked for by a senator, that has to be done yesterday, we're looking at a house tonight, I forgot to take my textbook home from work, so I'm speed-reading as I work. And a great "GGGAAAAAAKKKKKK!!" shall sound from the rooftops. Just keep telling myself that I can do this, done it before, do it again.

So, to top everything off, I came home last night, and there's a tiny kitten sitting in the middle of our alley, with her eyes all gunked up and her mom nowhere in sight. So I bring her in to our back porch so she doesn't become road pizza. Figured I'd see if she'd make it, 'cause she wasn't lookin' too good. Couldn't tell how old she was, but we keep food on the porch for the colony of cats that inhabits the alley.

Anyway, my wife saw her. Next thing I know, I'm convincing the vet to let me bring her right in, and spending two hours in the office trying to read Discovering Computers 2006 while watching three kids out of the corner of my eye and trying to keep an eye on this cat to make sure she's still breathing.

Vet said the gunked eyes were a respiratory infection that had spread. She'll almost certainly keep the one eye, but she's not sure about the other- we won't be able to tell until they open. Yep, that's right, she's only four weeks old, and her eyes aren't open yet. Can't even tell if she IS a girl (though the wife named her Emmaline, so she better be). So we have a third cat, and are up every two hours to feed her from a syringe. Even my youngest at least gave me a solid four.

But she's a fighter. Think I'll try and use her as an example and fight my way through this homework, now that my "ventilating" is done. Later.