Had a nice day out with my sis and her husband and son. It was a rare day off for me. Well, what a downer. I returned home tonight to find one of my girls (a cat) dead. I cannot figure out what happened to her. Possible asphixiation, as she was slightly cyanotic. Maybe got into something poisonous, which has me running through the house, methodically searching out pathogens. Is the food contaminated? I dunno. Wouldn't the rest of the Hoard be dead or dying, as well?
It's so sad and frustrating. She was barely 3 years old and the most beautiful cat I've ever had. Thus her name, Belle.
Frankly, I've found myself developing that weird detachment that vets and animal workers have. I rarely get very teared up anymore over this kind of thing. I never thought I'd ever be that way and it's the one reason why I never pursued animal medicine. I guess it took me experiencing so much suffering and death so personally for me to finally build that shell up. I'm sorry to have it, but at the same time, it's doubtless keeping me sane. There's been too much death and disappointment the last few years to bear and I guess if detachment helps, I'll have to deal with it too.
After that, I sat down to try to reply to a couple of emails and what do I find? An obituary for one of my favorite people ever. Eartha Kitt. No fair. Too much for one day. And way too much for Christmas.
If you don't know who she was, and outside of her playing Catwoman, I won't waste time trying to tell you. She was a real legend and you'd do yourself a favor by looking her up. What a sad loss and a sad day in general.
I hope this is it for the year. I'm ready to be done with this one.
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My condolences, all the way around. The Eartha Kitt obit surprised me, too. I, too, will be glad to see 2008 go into the history books.
Yeah, 2008 has been a pretty mixed bag of extremes around here. Hopefully 2009 is much better. I'm sorry to hear about your cat, Ginny. Maybe Eartha wanted a companion in the hereafter. We've been playing my wifes old Eartha Kitt albums all day. Sad stuff.
So sorry to hear about your cat, Ginny. :(
Our ancient dog passed away the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and though we'd been expecting it for quite a while, but it was still hard on Shar and the kids. I think it helped me that I was sitting up with her when she passed.
-raises glass- To Snuggles and to Belle. May their memory bring happiness.
Oh, Eartha. I listened to you a lot back in the day. May your memory be for a blessing.
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