Stupid Christmas.

by | Tuesday | December 8, 2009 | 9 comments

Three euthanasias on Monday. That’s more than I did in the entire previous month.

All were the right thing to do, pets with terrible disease, but I don’t think I will ever get used to the morbid regularity with which the Christmas Death Spiral ruins my holiday cheer. Bah! Humbug!

On a happier note, we are having the work holiday party on Saturday and I am pretty sure I am going to win the Ugly Ornament contest. I can’t show you what I got yet since some of my co-workers read this blog, but it’s AWESOME. Better than the pink flamingo. Better than the ugly hermit crab. Better than the mermaid Village People cop ornament (though that was a close second.)

Filed: Daily Life
  • Sedna

    “the mermaid Village People cop ornament”
    Please, please tell me you have a picture of that.

  • http://www.romeothecat.com Romeo the Cat

    Sorry about the rough week. Your ornament sounds AWESOME. Must see photos.

    AND I received my Brody calendars today. LOVE LOVE and more LOVE. Thanks for putting the time and effort into it.

  • mrs.brent

    So the severed head looking thing below the mermaid ornament….THAT was creepy. I had some people looking over my shoulder here at work going “WHAT is that???”
    *shudder*

  • Lisa W

    If your ornament beats the ones on that link, I can’t wait to see it. Sounds like a grim reaper with a Santa hat sounds appropriate. So sorry to hear that the death spiral has started.

  • http://www.vetwisdomcafe.com Tammy

    So, why is it that so many euthanasias and pet deaths happen at the holidays? I recall that from my days at the CSU Vet hospital.

    I hope you post a pic of your ornament after the fact! Sounds like a fun contest!

  • wikith

    We’ve seen more cancer in the last 3 weeks than the previous 3 months. Just a couple days ago I palpated an abdominal mass in a 12-year-old golden, sweet as can be. About 3/4 the size of a basketball on rads, hanging right out between the spleen and the liver. :( And then there’s the mast cell tumor, and the mammary tumor, and…
    Maybe Kevin is the opposite of a bear and comes out of hibernation during the winter?

  • mrs.brent

    They should change the lyrics of the ‘purple people eater’ song to “Kevin is a beady-eyed, one-horned, sneaky no-good puppy eater”