Cubed: It's clear this has fallen by the wayside

My new job is going really well. I work tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday and then I'm done with training and will very rarely have to go into the office. Which is good considering it's freaking freezing in there.

The Echo... well it's going. I don't know if it's going well. I have a website up for it and I think it's going ok, but I'm worried some people just aren't checking it, aren't interested in reading it, etc. Which is not good because I'm not sending out e-mails anymore. So... we'll see what happens. I think our July issue came out good and there's certainly been enough going on around campus (*cough*Vick, Hall, Fallon*cough*) that I'm not worried about a staff edit topic for August.

As far as everything else... I went to the dentist yesterday and had fillings done. I'm confused a bit though. I brush my teeth a lot, almost obsessively. I don't eat candy, although I do drink soda. I'm a pretty good eater, I like salads a lot, broccoli, love veggies. And my dentist reassures me that my cavities aren't a direct result of say, me, as it is that cavities just happen and that the cavities I'm getting filled now are usually ones kids get. And I'm 22. So it's good my teeth have been so good so long. How many cavities have you all had filled? I have four that are filled on the top that was done last year. Then, yesterday, I had one filling re-done because it was done 5 years ago and needed to be replaced and three more (but only 3 teeth (one tooth needed two)). Then next month, on the other side of my mouth on the bottom I'm getting the same thing. So total, I'll have 12 fillings in my mouth. That seems like an awful lot. And my dentist says that most of them are just surface fillings. A part of me thinks he's just doing this to a. torture me and b. get my insurance money.

At least my fillings match my teeth and I don't look like I have a million dollar mouth.

My cat (um... not Preston who is my "son", but Max, my mother's cat who I found and adopted and mothered until I got Preston) went to the vet today. He's 11 years ago and really old and really really really skinny. Like, I'm talking anorexic only he's not. He eats all the freaking time. He always has been skinny and always has ate a lot. He used to weigh 8 pounds and they weighed him today and he only weighed 6 pounds! They did blood work and he has underactive thyroids. My poor baby... I'm still really upset. So he has special food now and medicine and he has another appt. in 2 weeks to see if he gained anything. So please please keep him in your thoughts because this cat (well any cat) means a lot to me and I know he still has a lot of life in him and he needs to gain weight.

My other cat, who obviously lives with me... he has no problem eating and being fat. He's not really... according to my vet, male cats should be around 12 - 15 pounds. He's 12.5 pounds. He's short, though, which makes him seem fatter (he must get the shortness from me) and he's long-haired which makes him look even fatter!!! He's not all that healthy either because he always has ear issues and his scratching hasn't cleared up although we've been a lot stricter about it lately (see an earlier post for more info). His chin acne is starting to clear up a little... I'm going to buy some acne medicine after we move to the cheaper apartment.

I'll try to update more frequently so I don't always have posts as long as this...