Hi, Mom, I’m really missing you tonight. I’m in the Holiday Inn we stayed in when you came to my graduation. I’m here for a stupid conference. I hate them. I have to kennel Mocha and leave the cats, and I never get anything out of them. I was talking to a bank teller today. […]
April 1, 2007 Dear Jeff, I have asked Deeb-Paul and Shannon Kitchen to take Mocha in to be boarded if you have room. My mother is gravely ill in Daytona Beach, and I need to get there as early as possible tomorrow morning. I don’t know when I’ll be back, but I’ll keep in […]
I found a bunch of files on mom’s old Dell hard drive in the middle of March of 2013. One was a letter written to two of her friends (from Americorps, I assume) regarding caring for her pets while she was dealing with the declining health of her own mother. She saved it at 9:41 […]
On mom’s old hard drive I found a document named BLACKIE.doc, dated March 25, 2006. It is split into two distinct sections: BLACKIE We got Blackie when I was almost eleven. He was a beautiful springer spaniel with only a little white on his chest. Mom wouldn’t have a dog in the house, so […]
June 22, 2005 Deeb-Paul and Shannon, Please feed Shia Khan, Mr. PB, and Paprika twice a day using dry food and one small can of Fancy Feast, splitting it into half for Shia Khan, and approximately one-fourth each for Mr. PB and Paprika. Please be sure there is at least about ½” of dry […]
On mom’s old computer hard drive I found a Word document named Northwood Oaks Letter.doc dated June 21st, 2005. I assume she gave this to her vet just before leaving to visit my sister in Chicago. June 22, 2005 Northwood Oaks Veterinary Hospital 5331 NW 34th Street Gainesville, Florida 32653 Dear Dr. Weurz and […]
I feel pretty sad today. Jen breezed in and out like a wraith and I can’t believe how much I already miss her. I won’t see her again for almost two months. God, I’m so alone! I never seem to lose weight — I can’t find enough money — and I’m so alone. But I […]
Jen slept with me last night. She came home late and I was zonked. [Redacted] slept in Jen’s bed and Jen in mine. When we woke up this morning, we were pretty silly. Shia Khan was on the bed. Then we got up and had breakfast & Jen and [redacted] left to wander around time. […]
Jen and [redacted] got here about ½ hour ago. I guess I’ll get to spend about five hours with Jen and then I won’t see her until the end of September. That’s about 6 weeks. But then, I think she’s staying a week. I want to write about Pudge, a stray I had picked up. […]
In less than an hour, it will be Friday which means Jen and [redacted] will be on the A Trail for only 3 1/2 more days. It seems like ages, but I guess I’m doing okay about the worrying. Maybe I’m beginning to have some trust — but that itself scares me. My coping mechanism […]