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Well, that's been a week.

This time last Friday, I was in Tigua? Lots happened, I guess.

So Pippa, my goofy, I think for want of a better term, a very sweet English springer spaniel,

the vets thought they saw a spot on her bladder and needed her come in for an ultrasound.

And I don't think anybody who knows much about me knows that even under the best of circumstances,

I just didn't need another animal health issue.

And so I had a 715 or 7.30 appointment this morning. I got there early two seconds in. She just

starts shaking like a leaf all over. And it just kills me. I mean, again, no one's shock to find

out that I'm a big softie about this kind of stuff. So anyway, we were told that she couldn't eat

anything. You know, I had to have empty stomach since last night,

and that they were going to have to keep her around all day

until she had a full bladder to do the ultrasound.

But instead, I drove home in the beginnings of rush hour morning rush traffic

and was home for about 15 minutes, getting ready do this thing and then I get a call from

the vet saying that they did the ultrasound and she got the all clear which is great news she has

some other issues with her hips and some joint stuff but generally it was really fantastic news

and I could come get her so then in the thick of rush hour I drove back out to Bethesda and retrieved my spaniel.

So that's why I got a late start. It also gives me a good coherent thing to start my throat clearing, brain wiping, flannel-mouthing, word salad, spewing, throat clearing beginning of this podcast,

which, you know, I asked you guys for your opinion about whether or not we should just

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