Ok, sometimes email is great. And goodness knows it made possible for my mom to let me know she had to put their dog down today without becoming a sobbing mess which she'll still do later, but at least she could talk to someone now and not wait until we were all home near our phones, but ....
Great thing to read before you have to go to a meeting.
Selfishness meeting-composure-wanting aside, my poor mom. We've been expecting this for a bit, but just last night she was surprised when I gently pointed out that Goobs was almost 12. She had a nice long spoiled rotten life.
I wonder if the cats are going to freak. And who is going to walk with my mom in the morning?
Driving around Saturday afternoon with the radio on NPR. There was a show -- they were talking about words. Guess who was being interviewed?
Erinaceous!
I heard her on the radio w/o even trying. It's pretty good when there are at least three Buffistas that you might hear interviewed on the radio w/o trying.
Aw, poor Goobs, poor Mom. And hugs to you too, sarameg.
((sarameg & mom))
That is TEH AWESOME! If she ever wants to bounce ideas, she can totally have my email addie.
Thanks Allyson. She is a really great girl and really genuinely interested in helping people, which is great to see in an entreprenuership class, which often ends up being a lot of kids who are all like "I want to make a lot of money."
Eh, I'm fine. They got Goober after I'd left for college. Nice, goofy, unbelievably stupid -she barked at paper bags- and fraidy-cat dog who was last in the feline pecking order (even below the 5 lb neurotically afraid cat, ) but I'd never really bonded with her. I'm just being sympathetically composureless with my mom, who I know is really upset.
Then I take it all back. You can forward my sorry-ness to your mother.
That's weird that you've been out of the house an entire pet-lifetime.
Pavel's Law?
I was trying to dig up the long version, which goes something like "You have offended me. You are young and spry and can avoid my wrath for now. However, you will forget your offense and I shall not. Sooner or later, you will be in arm's reach."
The short(er) version is "Sooner or later, you will be in arm's reach." On Saturday, if shrift can make it, Pavel's Law will be in effect for you, P-C. Be wary. I think your ass is ringing.
:)
Just wait until you've taken an entire (major) pet through babyhood until seniority and death, Jesse.
That's weird that you've been out of the house an entire pet-lifetime.
It is, isn't it? The oldest cat is 14 now and all the rest, including the dog, arrived after I left. I will have a complete meltdown when she goes as she was very clearly my dad's & my cat and is sort of the last of my childhood pets. End of an era and all that.
