Pax is having intestinal problems, and last night he needed to go out immediately quite a few times during the wee hours. On one of those trips I wore primarily my crocks (which tend to be porous) so I did a good deal of chilly wading through pools of ice water where the sidewalks had been dammed by hardened snow.

Today we took Pax to the vet, where we learned that he had been in for exactly the same condition almost exactly one year ago. I don't know how to make sense of that. Does Groundhog Day cause diarrhea? Or what?

Gray, windy day, with he meter slowly dropping below freezing. A few snow showers, BUT no accumulation. The ice is going to be nice. Except on the sidewalks.