We tried

Having a small child certainly makes it hard to blog.  Honestly, I am only writing now because he is out with his momma (meaning they will be home any minute).  On to it.

We continue to try to find a place in Milwaukie.  We have had to kill off the idea of building or splitting a lot for the time being; too expensive.  Plus, too much time that we just don't have.  We found a lot that was dividable, but it turns out that means you need to get approval from the city planners.  They would need to issue a variance (which costs money) and could be even more expensive if they ask you to make improvements.  Then you have to contact water, gas, electric, etc and have those hooked up.  That costs money.  Then you will probably want to have, you know, landscaping, fencing, and some means of getting from the road to your house.  You guessed it, more money.  Long story short, even splitting a lot and lowering our overall cost by about a third still put it pretty much beyond reach.  So, back to the drawing board.

One of the main reasons we wanted to split a lot with Tom and Diane was an effort to try to create more of a communal/familial vibe.  Help each other out and work collectively on the land itself.  I am not writing the idea off completely, but it clearly is going to have to come about another way.  

Shifting gears, we are currently waiting on lab tests for our kitty Dexter.  Based on his initial lab work, they think he might have cancer.  Chemotherapy exists for cats but it is both expensive and of little value in extending the life of your pet, so it isn't on the table.  They can pretty much offer him steroids......and I haven't read more yet in an effort to 'keep positive' because I am going to break the eff down when I lose him.  Still hoping it is something simpler and correctable.

So much for floating less at work.  They changed the schedule after my meeting with Vicky to make it so I don't float near as much.  Well, they at least made it so I don't float as much through advanced scheduling, but I am still all over the god damned place when sick calls come in.  I spent a day at the Park and a day at MH last week.  I got a message to go to SC (in Vancouver) tomorrow and then I am scheduled for the Park again on Friday.  In theory this kind of shit should happen less once the other clinics go away in September (then it will leave our department with only my clinic and SC), but it seems like an interminable wait.  Maybe I should just be 'sick' tomorrow too.

Not much else of note.  Quinn has learned the pleasures of spinning until he loses his balance, climbing into his toy box (and any other box), making pretty much everything into a hat (including his actual hat), and generally just being a silly goof.  He is (98% of the time) a lot of fun.  He will wear you clean out, but we still laugh every day with him.