Post Election

I wanted to post this the day after the election, but it has been a hectic week for me.

I was on pins and needles election night, and almost thought Romney was going to win, and I had to turn off the television for a while. When I turned it back on an hour later, I was rather amazed at how quickly things turned around, and how, to my understanding Obama did even better than the first time in terms of the popular vote and the electoral college.

In regards to other election results, I personally was not happy that marijuana was legalized here in Washington. Time will tell of course, but I don't really see anything positive coming from it.

And what should have surprised me, but didn't, is how quickly Republican candidates were pointing the finger everywhere but at themselves for losing. A perfect example is this article I read in today's Seattle Times about a call that Mitt Romney made to donor's of his campaign.

I was so happy that every single candidate that made idiotic comments about rape lost (including John Koster here in Washington). The sad part is, at least in Koster's case, he was whining that he lost because he felt that the Republican Party did not send enough funding his way. There was absolutely no recognition on his part that he lost because of what he thinks.
To hear the beliefs these guys were expressing in this day and age makes me wonder if they all are misogynistic neanderthals under the surface. I honestly am not holding my breath that they are going to look inside themselves and change and grow.
With the Republican Party, pretty much all I've been hearing the last week is about how they feel like they lost the election due to "changing demographics", and that they need to run a better election next time.  You can wrap crap in a new package, with a pretty bow, but it's still crap. And when they were claiming the day after the election that the Democrats were supressing the vote I about went through the roof!! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. They REALLY need to hold a mirror up to themselves, OMG!

But enough about politics....

Tom Cat and his injured leg

Two weeks ago Thursday, I had let Tommy out during the day while I was at work, and when I came home, he came in limping. I couldn't see any outward signs of an injury, so was in a wait-and-see mode before contacting the vet.
It didn't get any better over the weekend so I made an appointment to bring him in last Saturday. On Friday, the cause of the limp revealed itself; he had an infection that finally popped the surface. Obviously he got into it with another cat and was bitten.

We had to take the bus to the vet, and he actually did really well. I was worried that he was going to be yowling the whole time, but he didn't make a sound. They shaved his leg, cleaned the wound and gave him an antibiotic shot, and sent me home with medication to clean his leg twice a day.

I had to take off work this afternoon to take him back for a check-up to make sure that it was healing properly. He got a thumbs-up from the vet that he it is okay. He will be taking antibiotics for 3 more days. I'm relieved he did not have to have stitches, he's happy because he finally got to go out after being stuck inside for 5 days.....