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Yeah, we were supposed to get snow on Thursday night, but it never came. Of course, folks have also been telling me to expect snow sometime on Sunday as well, and that it'll be a major storm, so who knows. I like snow. It somehow makes the wind easier to take (and in South Dakota, we have a lot of wind).

So.. I gave my cats treats on Thanksgiving, which basically consisted of a tin of soft food for each of them, when they normally split one every week. But ever since Friday morning, one of my cats has been acting like he's in pain or something. He hasn't touched food or water. He spent all of yesterday sitting in one of my reclining chairs, and by the end of the day the seat was covered in urine because ... well, I guess he just woldn't get up? And today he's been making definite angry noises - neither of my cats growl except for when they're playfighting with each other, and they NEVER hiss.. and Banshee's been doing both.

I'm kind of freaked out by this. Unfortunately, I can't afford to take him to the vet!

that happened to two of my cats dear. One...well we didn't catch it in time sadly. The other would up staying at the vet for a week and had to have surgery to correct the proble. He is fine now...noisy as ever. I am sure everything will turn out fine. Ask your vet if you can pay in segments...ours let us do that. Sure it took about two months to pay it off but it was worth keeping that cat.

Got a call from the vet this morning. Banshee's doing ok.

It's currently raining. I may have forgotten some important details, but if I'm not mistaken, it's late November in South Dakota. And I haven't heard anything about any weird El Nino things cropping up lately, so why oh why is it raining?

i hate rain in the winter, esp when it snows on top of it. the town that i live in is basicly shut down it is kinda crazy!

Heh, it just rained, then snowed here. Nothing ever shuts down here though. Ever.

About 2-3 years back, temperatures were -10゜F, with a windshield of about 15 MPH...

School was not cancelled.

IT WAS PAINFUL COLD, I TELL YOU.

Heh, we got snow too. And it shut down most of the state. There are areas - city and town areas - that have been without power for the last three days, and still haven't gotten it. It's snowing right now, but Brookings has been lucky and so the only thing that shut down of notice were the schools, and a lot of businesses early. =P

Two hundred and fifty dollars later, Banshee is back home, and doing well. Because he had a catheter in him for some time, and the fact that his bladder stretched, he's having some bladder control issues, but it's just that he's leaking every now and then. So at times like right now, when I'm sitting at the computer with him on my lap, I've got a towel on my lap as well so he doesn't leak on my pants.

Unfortunately, ever since he's gotten back, my other cat Kiki has gone psycho. She hisses at the both of us, especially any time he comes near to her, and growls, and I think has barely eaten anything. I even put down some catnip last night, which they both love, and she hasn't touched it. I really hope this passes, because her growling and hissing is really getting on my nerves, and it's only stressing Banshee out more, which may cause him to re-block. =(

-20 is the limit here I believe... Damn, Tea, where do you live?

addie correct me if i am wrong bu t dosen't it have to get to -40 wind chill here. you have to about ready to die walking out side for school to cancle in sioux falls. all thougth if they thing there is a blizzard then schools might get cancled. (oh to be a schhool girl adn have snow days the day care closes for nothing but that is okay becasue if they closed then there would be less paycheck.