Boo Boo Kitty Redux, and Other Newsbits

Last week Oreo the boo boo kitty had to go to the vet for her yearly checkup and vaccinations. I'd also planned to use this opportunity to ask the vet about her rather alarming skinniness of late, not to mention her habit of pooping outside the box and meowing her head off at ungodly hours. Well, after some stunningly expensive bloodwork and tests, we now have confirmed what we suspected: Oreo's got an overactive thyroid, and will have to be on meds the rest of her life (though there is also apparently an expensive "kitty chemo" option that we might wind up choosing at some point if the daily pill-giving gets to be too much). Zowie. Never a dull moment.

In other newsbits, I had a horrible headache today for the first time in a long time. Not quite a migraine (thank god) but certainly not a good feeling.

Had a prenatal visit today with a new doctor at the practice I go to, and you know what? I swear she was younger than me. That just doesn't feel right in a doctor. Am I *really* that old now? Good god, it's all downhill from here. I don't *feel* that old...but wait, maybe I do. Sigh.

I'm starting to get a bit overwhelmed by all the stuff I want/need to do in the next 3 weeks before everything comes to the proverbial screeching halt. (Talk about deadline pressure.) Here's a small smattering of the "things to do" that are cluttering up my thoughts right now and making it difficult to either relax or focus (I picture all these different obsessions standing around in a circle holding hands and hurling grade-school like rhyming taunts at my poor, overloaded brain, which is bravely standing in the middle of the circle biting its non-existent yet trembling lower lip in an effort to keep from bawling):

-Fix my "juliart" web page (the page for my paintings)
-Finish planning Eli's bday party (need cake, balloons, feathers for hats)
-Research and apply for CA state disability to cover at least some of my maternity leave
-Try on old/research and order new nursing bras
-Sketch out and then actually start the paintings I plan to bring to the delivery room with me
-Finish up the chapter of my novel that will "plug the hole" in the story so far
-Buy the last few necessaries for the baby/baby's room (diapers, cd player, diaper genie refills, garbage can, etc etc)
-Re-do all the album info on iPhoto that I lost after I upgraded to iPhoto 5 (grr)
-Upload and comment on last few "rolls" of digipix I took
-Make a list and even start packing the things I'm going to want to bring to the hospital for when I go into labor
-Make treats/wrap presents/fill out cards for Valentine's Day

Oh god I can't go on. I thought writing things down would help but instead I think I'm freaking my out (as Eli used to say). Time to go to bed.