"A bad day is when your boss yells at you for something you didn't do. And maybe they were all out of yoghurt at the store for lunch. Then you got splashed by a car driving through a puddle. And came home to the water off in your entire building so you can't even take a bath.\n\nA sad day is when you find out your baby, your precious, your kitten in disguise, 5yr old cat has either kidney disease or diabetes. And she won't stop meowing and clawing at the carrier door because she hates cages. And she gets scared by the dogs in the waiting room. Then she pees all over the blanket and we have to come back for her urine sample the next day.\n\nBut then the staff are pretty awesome. The vet lets her run around in the room while we talk about options. She doesn't fight when her belly gets squeezed, even though men have been clawed for less. When she goes for her blood sample, she gets a free claw clipping that the tech miraculously walked away from, nay, got to cuddle her all the way back to the waiting room with nary a bloody scratch on the face.\n\nIs this my cat? My adorable but bitchy baby? Being a suck for all the nice ladies? And that's all it is, all it takes to make a sad day not that bad. Some nice people being considerate and not charging you an arm and a leg for everything. And taking the sucky baby home to a treat of premium wet food. And having her not pee on the bed tonight (plastic sheet, serious. It's like having a child.)"^^ . "7"^^ . "4"^^ . "5"^^ . . . . "2010-12-22T00:00:00"^^ . "6"^^ .