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i'm not sure if i told the story to anyone of the wonderfulness of my sister, barbara...yes, the very same sister who much of the time is a thorn in my side. she had to wake me up yesterday with the news that mike had called and left a couple messages in the middle of the night and that "one of my cats passed away". when i finally got to talk to mike, found out the story and started crying, she held me and rocked me (with the receiver still in my hand). then, knowing i could not take the day out of work (without being fired anyway), she took charge. she went to mike's house and picked up mike, simon (because she figured i needed him with me) and hecubus's body. she dropped off simon and she and mike took hecubus to his vet. she told me she "finally lost it" upon handing over the body since they opened the shoe box he was in and he was curled up, looking just like he was sleeping, as if you could have just nudged him and woken him up. she got me the information i wanted about cremation and brought me lunch at work, knowing i hadn't the presence of mind to pack myself one.
now, i know that i would have and, in fact, have done the same for her...but the feeling of gratitude is overwhelming and i know i would have been lost without her help.
if anyone catches me bitching about her anytime in the near future, feel free to slap me.
a bad case of verbal diarrhea from Cheryl 18:54
how can one be both physically and emotionally exhausted and apeshit mad at the same time? i have actually heard the words "it's just a cat" from people...i knew those clods existed but i never actually met one before. i thought they would have a more neanderthal appearance, but they look a lot like you and me. even my sister, cathy, (not the one who helped me yesterday) royally pissed me off today. in the four minutes she was at my house yesterday she assessed that i was taking care of mike and that it was a one-way street, i.e. *i* was not being taken care of. wtf? we both were having a very hard day and she caught us at a moment when mike was particularly emotional. we took care of each other as we still are. if she was so worried, where the fuck was she? barb went to her boyfriend's house so if it wasn't for mike i would have been alone.
i'm getting really sick of the constant nagging and criticism...i quite literally cannot do a thing without some member of my family taking exception to the way it was done, the time it was done, who it was done with...
river gardens, here i come (please accept pets...please?)
pretty soon i hope to be able to put up a picture of my "hecubusy" so you can all see and understand the adorableness and sweetness that i so desperately miss. miss tavie? i believe i need an intro to HTML lesson, please?
a bad case of verbal diarrhea from Cheryl 18:43