Monday, June 16, 2025

Cotton grass blooming in the Tamarack Swamp

 

Friend Kathy is here and brought dog treats for Whip.  She said they were people grade food and they tasted pretty good.  I asked her to hand me one, which she started to before quickly snatching it back.   We'd both forgotten for a moment that I was on a day-long fast before my colonoscopy on Monday.  No solid food allowed.   Probably would have elicited a laugh from the doc if I'd admitted to cheating with a dog biscuit though.   Anyway, I'd had three cups of black coffee all day until at 6  I started on the dreaded 'prep solution'.  Kathy had a running count down before I needed to begin: 15 minutes, 10 minutes, 5 minutes.  Just before zero, she grabbed something for supper and retreated for the rest of the night to Mjolnir, leaving me to my purge.  10 glasses of the 'solution' and I was done.  Kathy did return sometime later to the front door, picked up Whip, and took her for a constitutional, before putting her back in the house.  She texted me that Whip was now de-peed for the night.  If I'd felt better at that time I would have returned a text stating that I was de-fecated.

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