Tough Saturday

Yesterday was one of the longer days I’ve had in a while.

 

 

Jen got home around 8PM on Friday. I made a broccoli/cauliflower/carrot stirfry for her (well, actually had it mostly ready by the time she got here), and we had a nice night together.

 

We woke up somewhat early Saturday. We went through a lot of clothes and drawers and filled 8 bags full of things to take to Goodwill. 

Now, while we were doing this, Ojos, the sick one, has been acting very strangely. Very furtive, very distressed (you know, her tail is puffed out). I figure it’s just the plastic bags making noise bother her, but it’s enough that I notice it’s odd. We continue to get things ready to go, and I notice a smell coming from the spare bathroom. I figure no big deal, I had thought Jen might have used it earlier or something. Well that theory was wrong. Ojos had used floor mat while we were standing 2 feet away and the door open. Cats just don’t do that when they are well.

 

There’s just no time to really deal with it at the moment, because we have to get going to drop off Jen’s rental car, and then I had a test for my Green Belt in Kung Fu. So, we close the spare bathroom door and turn on the fan so we can get out the door. We drop off Jen’s car and head over to the dojo.  My parents got there right after we did, so good timing there.

 

The test went ok. I hadn’t eaten beforehand because of the cat, and I ended up being a whole lot more nervous than I was expecting. I got through my material, but it wasn’t pretty. Regardless, I passed and I got my green belt!

 

So we come home from that, and Ojos has also used the carpet in our bedroom. We clean up both areas. Ojos knows she has done something bad, as she normally does. However, she is too sick at this point to do anything about it. So, after dealing with this off and on over the past 4 years, I make the tough choice and call the vet to have her put down. She was 13, and she was really starting to have a lot of difficulty. And she was absolutely destroying my house slowly.

 

It’s one of the toughest choices I’ve ever really made. She was a good friend, and a good companion. I felt like this was best for her, no more pain and suffering. So Jen went with me, and we had her euthanized at around 4:30 yesterday. They gave her back to us, and I’m going to bury her in the yard today.

 

After getting through that, Jen and I went to the Coyote Grill in West Chester to celebrate my dad’s 69^th birthday. Good food, nice place. Then we attended a party on Jen’s side of the family. A general good time was had.

 

 

Jen was extremely supportive yesterday, and I am thankful. I’ll honestly admit that I cried a lot over Ojos. I missed her horribly this morning when she wasn’t in her normal place in front of the bathroom door or on the foot of the bed. She’s been part of my life since she was two weeks old, so it will take a while to get used to her not being around.

 

Jen and I are going to clean the house thoroughly, and then we will pick out a kitten to keep Moose company. It hasn’t hit him yet, but he will start missing Ojos soon.