Last night

Rugby against the Canadian Forces College last night. Their team is drawn from the students and directing staff of the Command and Staff course which means that most of their players are 30 something captains (or equivalent), frighteningly fit and very aggressive. We, on the other hand, were an assorted band drawn from various clubs around Tdot with an average age much closer to 50 than 40. Fortunately most of them haven't played much rugby plus the motley crew that showed up for us had an indecently high proportion of more than adequate players. We ran out easy winners which was nice though I only lasted 20 minutes before injuring my shoulder. I really enjoy playing against these guys. They are always great fun and play in a really good spirit.

The Atkins diet took a bit of a pounding from the free beer and pizza in the officers' mess afterwards!

Kitten update

The news on the kitten front is not good, We had them into the vet today and will be back tomorrow. All three have diarrhea and are not gaining weight. One seems lively enough and is eating, one is somewhat lethargic and not eating well and one is very sick indeed. The last has deteriorated very visibly in the last few hours and seems unlikely to last much longer.

Apparently there are all kinds of viruses at the shelter right now so who knows what they might have. Although there is not much we can do they are probably better off here than there.

Kittens that young without a mother are very vulnerable and we knew the odds when we took this project on. Nonetheless it is very hard right now.