wierdest ferret comment I have ever heard

Today Seti was back at Angell Memorial for a perfectly ordinary run-of-the-mill rabies shot.  As we sat and waited for the vet, a woman in the waiting room asked us, "Is that a ferret?"

Me and Mathew:  "Yep!"  I don't mind playing ferret ambassador when I am there with a healthy ferret.

Woman:  "Do they have legs?"

Me and Mathew: *blink*

All I could do was hold Seti up to show her that yes indeed, he does have legs, because I wasn't at all sure what would come out of my mouth if I tried to speak.  "No, they wiggle along the ground like snakes."  "No, they hover an inch or two above the ground, it's really quite interesting as they are the only mammal that does that."

I know they're kind of long and snakey, but still...

leg muscle update

because I know all of you were up all night worrying about it--I did not use my stretching device thingy last night, and I did sleep with a passive stretch foot brace on, which I hate sleeping with but has already made a huge improvement in my strained muscle.  I think I can be more optimistic than I was yesterday.  Now if only the foot brace didn't cut off the circulation in my littlest toes...