thanks

Just wanted to thank everyone for the kind thoughts and well wishes. It really means a lot to me. My boss at HKB has been wonderful about deflecting clients from me today. I cancelled my hair appointment though I still have to go to Stoneline tonight. But Georg is coming home from work early so Thirteen won't be alone. Also Sean brought Nutty over to stay with us for a few days. Thirteen is always upset and depressed when Lina isn't around and I'm a little concerned about the effect this will have on her health. But she grew up with Nutty so I know it will help her to have him here.

I am still kind of stunned by the whole thing, feeling like Lina is here but just around the corner or something. I guess that's normal. I had been thinking recently that Thirteen might not have too much longer, she's gotten so frail, but that Lina had years left in her. Lina seemed so healthy that I hadn't thought about her death at all. The suddenness of it all has been hard for us, but when I'm not selfishly thinking about myself I have to recognize that it was better for Lina this way. She was happy and, as far as I could tell, in no pain until a few hours before she died. It's good that it was so quick. I just wish she had gone quickly a few years from now.

(I didn't want my last posted photo of Lina to be the depressing one below, which was taken on the way to the emergency vet hospital in Cary. So I dug out the photo above, which I think was taken at my birthday party a year ago.)