Tanning Tips

Since it's warm and sunny again, I've started to think I ought to work on a tan. I don't need to be bronzed or anything, I just don't want to be so pasty-white.

My tanning plan so far involves a towel, a bathing suit, the roof deck on my apartment building and one of those varieties of sunblock that is designed to let you tan but not burn. The thing is, I don't know how long I should "toast" each side or what the best kind of sunblock would be.

And please don't suggest a salon or a spray-on tan. I'm not going to pay good money to spend half an hour in a tanning bed when solar power is abundant.

Roo-barf may sound funny, but it ain't

I guess Roo isn't doing quite as well as I thought, or she's having a bad reaction to the pain medication the vet gave me to administer to her or something. Lately she's been making funny "snoring" noises, and just a few minutes ago I went into the bathroom to find that Roo had barfed on the floor and in the tub. Frankly, I was amazed that such a small cat could produce that much puke.

Well, I cleaned it up, and Roo seems okay now. At least she did it in the bathroom and not, say, on my bed or the carpet or something.