I am worried sick about Basil. He began having diarrhea and started vomiting yesterday. His appetite seemed OK, but this morning he vomited quite a bit — and it wasn’t scarf and barf — and I couldn’t find him anywhere. When I did, he seemed pretty listless.

He’s supposed to have a dental tomorrow, but Angelo will have it instead. They both just had their check-ups this past Saturday and both need dentals, but with Basil being in this condition, we’ll just have to wait even though he has the more severe dental problems. Obviously, they don’t want to put him under anesthesia while he’s sick. He even lost some weight since Saturday!

It doesn’t help that my therapist just canceled on me today because she isn’t feeling well, but that’s life. Brian’s working on a huge proposal at work and probably won’t be home ’til midnight. AND I have no Internet at home. We haven’t for a few days, actually, and Comcast can’t come over ’til tomorrow afternoon. I wanted to post about last week’s game, but I left the stupid stats at home, and I’m at a coffee shop.

Plus I just had ECT on Monday and although it took me most of the day yesterday to recover from the anesthesia, I feel better today — just anxious and worried.

We have our creative writing class tonight and I totally forgot that I’m supposed to distribute my piece. I don’t even have one to distribute! Brian can’t go, so I don’t know if I will or not. It all depends on when I can pick up Basil, or if he’ll have to stay overnight.

Victory!
That black mark is not a smudge on the glass — it’s the puck, and I know I stopped it because I had a shutout third period!
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(click here to view the game pics)

The last time we played the Blue Angels (Week 5: Pink Floyd vs. the Blue Angels), we lost 4 – 1. This time we skated away with a 5 – 3 victory. Not only that, it was my first win all spring! Yay!!!!! And not only that, in Week 6, we were in 5th place; I didn’t play with Pink again until Week 7, after which we were still in 5th place, but after this game, we’re now in 3rd!!! I couldn’t believe it; it was a really exciting game and more so because we won by more than just one goal. Maybe I’m a decent goalie, after all.

Now that my pads match my gloves, I look good so I play good. I love Brian’s Manufacturing goalie gear, but if Coach made goalie equipment, I would be so on it! Heehee. Seriously though, I’m still getting used to the pads. They’re so much bigger and thicker and heavier, but they actually fit me way better and offer a lot more protection.

Also, if you happen to look at all the game pics, you may notice that I’m playing as #60. One of my teammates had an extra jersey from last year and gave it to me because it’s an XL. The fact that I could move my upper half a lot easier really helped a lot. Ironically, I have a jersey when I played one game with the Purple team last year that’s the same size and number. Even more ironic is that we played against the Pink team (see Getting a Life)!

I would wear it to my game tonight, but we’re playing against the Purple team (Moussaka), so it might get just a little confusing. I’ll be in net for the Turtles tonight and have decided to wear a plain white jersey (we’re the home team this game). Well, plain except for my name and number, but at least it fits and I can put it on all by myself. I’ve seen the other goalies wear different jerseys, and I should have started doing it sooner. Live and learn, I guess.