Letters to Mom

<a href="http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/results/?oR=0.825&amp;cR=0.556&amp;eR=0.375&amp;aR=0.639&amp;nR=0.688">I'm a O76-C41-E18-A44-N76 Big Five!!</a> Thing says I enjoy spending time alone, I'm creative and a little high strung. Is that me? Go figure

Hey Mama; Been an up and down couple of weeks, eh?  It's been easier with reliable transportation and not going into an absolute panic over money.  We know things will be tight eventually but for now being able to have a full freezer of food and being able to take Grady to the vet is good. Downside: Jackie lost her birth Mom yesterday.  We've known it's been coming but it's still hard.  In some ways having you go so quickly was good but it left us reeling and still does.  I can't believe it was less than 2 weeks, Mom. Downside: Grady has bounced back a little but he won't recover, not with feline HIV. We'll do what we can for him.  My stubby tail stubborn boy - still has some fire in him. downside: with the recent project with the bookcases, cleaning and moving things racked out my back for a week and it's still not recovered, damnit. neutral: I start some intense counseling this week and Jackie has treatment for her back on Thurs, day after my...

Hey Mama; Beat you're beaming watching this!

Haven't been really able to write about Dru until now, Mom. Another one that went so quickly, within 24 hours.  We knew there was a chance with her and the allergies and she was always so thin. We didn't expect it that quickly. Hurts Ma

Another one is with you, Mama.  We knew we'd lose Annie and Darcy this year. We didn't expect either of them to live as long as they did.  Darcy made it past her birthday but not quite to the anniversary of her joining our lives on Halloween.    Remember how I'd go to the post office almost every day six days a week in North Fork and she'd climb the steps up the hill and wait on the rock next to Josh's place for me.  She'd spot me and begin meowing softly: mew, mew, mew, mew.  That was her special time with me.  I'd talk to her, pet her, she'd scratch on the boards and I'd pet some more.   She continued that here a lot, running down to the steps when we'd pull up, demanding attention. Our beautiful, beautiful Darcy, she took a final trip to the vet today and crossed over as I held and talked to her. She gave me tiny mews and head butted me.  She was calm and attentive, not stressed out at all as I was afraid she might be.  ...

  We left the house on bicycles to a nearby credit union. They would put a 9 day hold on a check and not sure they'd open an account for Jackie, please try Regions.  Okay, ride the bikes up to the UHaul rental place (2 miles from home) and get a pickup. We put the bikes in the back and drive to Walmart.  The amount of the check is too big for Walmart to cash or put on the prepaid card. Drive to Regions.         No problem - open an account and get starter checks, the ATM card and printed checks will be sent out. We were told there would be no problem buying a car today.        we then drive to Honda (no food yet) There was Jackie's car on the showroom floor with her name on it.  Midnight plum, 2013 Honda Fit.  Awesome - fill out the paperwork which takes HOURS.  Wait, a starter check? No printed check? Let me check.  No, need a cashier's check instead.         O...

Hey Ma, took some time but ships are sailing.  They won't sail around the world but we can breathe some fresh air now