True to smonsters video post last night, nothing is going smoothly today and will cost us more money.

If it makes you feel any better, no amount of planning would have alleviated this moving truth. Hope the day gets better!

You're right, Nora. It's just a matter of it being an older house and the cable not being where we want it to be.

Oh, man- we had a nightmare getting the cable in properly. And there were all these cable outlets but they WEREN'T HOOKED UP TO ANYTHING.

Nora, that's part of the problem too. The phone jacks aren't hooked up to anything, the modem is too old for the new internet, etc.

I wonder if Cagney has something similar to teach you. But I also know that making the decision to keep working with him is not one you take lightly, because you want the best both for him and for you. So I'm sending you the best vibes, and Harvey sends his purr (he just jumped up into my lap and started purring), for knowing definitively what that is - so that whatever decision you make, you make with confidence. And if Cagney is meant for another family, that you will both know it, when they show themselves.

Thank you so much Andi. Your generous heart warms me.

It's funny you should mention the animal communicator. 6 years ago, a friend decided that I should be a 'pet psychic' so she paid for me to attend a class on animal communication. Turns out I'm no good at it.

Just yesterday, I was wondering if I should call one to have a conversation with Cagney. Something along what smonster said..."Chill Son!"

It wasn't until yesterday that I accepted that he really does have something to teach me. I have no idea, what so ever, what that might be...long term or short term...but I'm willing to know what it is. And I'll be grateful for it, regardless.

Love you too, smonster!

Calli, I hope YOU feel better. We're doing the farm tour this weekend, right?

Thanks, amyth. I'm doing a bit better. Re: Farm tour. We are? Oops. I signed up for voter registration Saturday morning.

Congratulations, Andi and Daniel!

Good luck with the final part of the move, sj.

Erm, what else am I missing? My brain is swiss cheese right now.

Autopsy results are finalized. As suspected, it was his heart. Basically a lightning strike. The congenital heart defect (hole in his heart-VSD) that was repaired with open heart surgery when he was four made him more susceptible to sudden cardiac death. His heart entered an arrhythmia that it couldn't recover from. The electrical impulses went haywire. No rhyme or reason. Just shitty all around.

I hope having an answer means that there's one less open question to nag at you. But it's a shitty and random answer indeed.

Liese, I'm so sorry you have to deal with this. FWIW, you do a fine job of being there emotionally for people. I'm eternally grateful for your presence in my life this last year or so.

{{{Calli}}}

bonny, I hope that Cagney becomes a companion that compliments who you want to become rather than what you were. I miss my pooch. The cats are wonderful, but Coco is a special dog that is a lovely reminder of Rob's capacity to love.