1. Copper's doctor, Dr. Cook, called me today to report that Copper's blood test to examine his thyroid was stable and I should continue with the same dosage of his medication that I've been giving him for the last month or so.
When I had Copper weighed on Wednesday and the vet tech told me the result, I mistakenly thought he'd dropped another pound of weight over the last month.
I was wrong.
He lost some weight, but not even close to a pound and Dr. Cook and I decided that I would bring Copper in toward the end of summer to have him weighed again -- I'm not sure if we'll do another blood test then.
This was all good news to my ears.
Yes, Copper is probably in a decline that comes with aging, but as his manner, contentment, appetite, agility, and other positive signs indicate to me, he's getting along well presently and there's definitely no emergency.
2. I took a break today from reading East of Eden. I thought about the story and Steinbeck's explorations, letting what I've already read sink in some more.
I thought a lot also about the nature of fiction itself.
I know that what occurs in this book didn't happen.
But that's not what fiction deals with -- non-fiction deals with what happened.
Fiction deals with what happens.
Fiction brings to life truths about human character, struggle, triumph, and other shared elements of being human through imagined characters and events.
It's powerful.
3. Now it's time for me to post what might be the oddest beautiful thing in my day to day life.
It's my obligatory cardboard recycling beautiful thing.
I went to the transfer station today and recycled cardboard, relieving the garage of a small pile of clutter, a chore that gives me pleasure beyond reason.
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