weekly retro #85: aggressively hydrated

as i write this, i'm watching pumagreg cleaning himself for the first time in a week, having just removed his cone. what a feeling that must be for him, regaining the ability to act on his animal brained instinct of cleaning his ass. i wish some of the men in my gym had that instinct for wiping the equipment they use down when they're done. i'm getting over a sinus infection that followed days of bad september allergies. at the very least, i can say that i'm aggresively hydrated [smacks belly] you can fit a lot of h2o in this bitch. puma had allergies too, which caused him to lick under his arm a little raw. the cone came off tonight and tomorrow if it's still irritated the cone is going back on. i wish he understood the ultimatum lol! i'm taking course at sfpc, my first one, and this week we had orientation. i wanted to go to the in-person part, but i underestimated how long it would take pumagreg's vet to shave his armpit and give him two churrus. class starts tomorrow morning and…