Gagh, Mentalist, MM - I adore you.
VKD - isn't it 5 o'clock somewhere?
Now - more news on my old dog.
This time last week I thought he was all but dead. Now, his appetite has returned and he is getting around the house fairly well. Granted, his big trip is about 8 feet down the hallway to drink out of the communal water bucket, then 8 feet back up the hallway to get a drink of water out of his private bowl. He does that about 20 times before he passes out for a two hour nap, then gets up and starts it all over again. He's learned to stay next to the wall so when he starts leaning to the right he quickly meets something solid to help him stay upright. He even stood on all four legs several times yesterday. Today he made it to the middle of the living room when I got home from work. He used to greet me at the front door. The vet said that dogs usually recover from strokes quite well and after seeing the progress Tyler has made, I believe it. Still can't let him outside. With it being over 100 degrees every day and the effort it takes for him to get around, he'd have a heat stroke. Once he gets outfitted in a wheelchair and the temps get back down in the 80s, he can go outside again. Today, though, he got a little scrape under his right eye so the first thing to do is find him a helmet!
More news about tests. I made an A on the Business Law mid-term. Yahoo. The final in BL is Monday so I probably won't be around much until after that.
Finally - just finished up another chess tournament. Ranked 1228 out of 1500. That's a pretty decent improvement. Last time around, I ranked 1100 out of 1500. One of these days I'll learn to play and maybe make it up to 1300. Those guys in the top 200 are tough, tough, tough.