Grendel Ftagn

Grendel Ftagn, originally uploaded by peatbogyeri.

Grenny had to drink a lot of water, and subsequently pee often, Sunday night at the folks' place, with a bit of a respite from this increasingly common pattern on Monday. To add to his distress, he can't quite jump onto the bed in the spare room. Tuesday night, I decided to sleep on the couch so he could be comfy and I could be ready for bathroom escort.

Grendel Meets Albigensis

Grendel Meets Albigensis, the Close Up, originally uploaded by peatbogyeri.

Albigensis is not Grendel's twin from the Negative Universe, but you could be forgiven for thinking so. He reminds me of a young Grenny, only bigger and more Boxer, no Bulldog. They had a good time on a bad day.

Off camera somewhere is Alby's companion Prunella, the French Bulldog. She's probably about to leap off that porch in the upper left and onto Grendel's face. Quite the taskmistress.

Good Times and Bad Times

IMG_0067, originally uploaded by peatbogyeri.

On Saturday I got some bad news that would send me shortly up to Fayetteville. I had to get some things squared away for work first though, namely getting a rip of Gegen die Wand ready to stream on WebCT for colleague Morgan Koerner's German Pop Culture class. It looked like a great film, and I can't wait to watch it at my leisure, instead of trying to get it to play, rip and get a decent hinted stream out of it on a short and collapsing timetable.

Sunday morning, while I left my 5 or 6th attempt with the troublesome DVD compressing, Grendel and I had an outing in Waterfront Park. I am really trying to treasure my time with him and make sure he has some good quality time everyday, since he may only have a few weeks or months left. We played catch with some palmetto bark we found and strolled along the boardwalk where the tourists congregate. I think he really enjoyed it.

Later that day, Gegen die Wand being taken care of and the boss being emailed, we headed out for the drive up to Federalburg.

Homeward from the Park, Reluctantly

To home from park, reluctantly, originally uploaded by peatbogyeri.

Momento

Grendel go bragh, originally uploaded by peatbogyeri.

It turns out that Grendel's liver is not performing as well as it should. He is on medicine, but the prognosis is unknown until we can get an ultrasound. He is in good spirits and pretty active. So I've decided that my little buddy gets pictures everyday. And lots of food.