This week is going by pretty quickly for me, for you as well? It has been somewhat busy so maybe that is why. The weather is going to be nice today but the next few days we might have rain.
Nothing exciting happened yesterday. Cait and I were able to take W for a walk before it got too hot. I spent an hour and a half cutting down the bee balm and monarda that was dying and overgrown. Ripped up some mint that was invading the little area where I have the cucumbers and lavender growing. And my goodness, the morning glory seeds are starting to be ready for collection. It really is the end of the summer.
Caitlyn called me to her room and we spent time with the rats. Clover is really at the end of her life. She is still so darn happy and doesn't seem to be in any pain. She is eating and drinking and snuggling with Muffin. From her shoulders up, you would never know that she had tumors or that she is 2 1/2 years old. The lifespan for rats is 2-3 years so they are both old rats. Cait knows that she might have to make a decision to euthanize her if she doesn't pass on her own. Damn, this is going to be brutal. We were both crying the entire time we were discussing this. I don't know how to help her. How to comfort her. I know that I really can't except to be there as she cries and mourns. I started a scrap page about grief yesterday. Probably not the only one that I will do.
She and I will be spending a lot of time together today but out of the house. I am going with her to the college so she can find all of her classes and then tonight we are going out for "Back to school" ice creams with BFFATS and her daughter. We started doing that when the girls were in preschool and we stopped for a few years in HS. We started up again when they were off to college. It should be fun. In between that, I have to clean for my friend. Busy day.
::grouphug and HAGD!
Nothing exciting happened yesterday. Cait and I were able to take W for a walk before it got too hot. I spent an hour and a half cutting down the bee balm and monarda that was dying and overgrown. Ripped up some mint that was invading the little area where I have the cucumbers and lavender growing. And my goodness, the morning glory seeds are starting to be ready for collection. It really is the end of the summer.
Caitlyn called me to her room and we spent time with the rats. Clover is really at the end of her life. She is still so darn happy and doesn't seem to be in any pain. She is eating and drinking and snuggling with Muffin. From her shoulders up, you would never know that she had tumors or that she is 2 1/2 years old. The lifespan for rats is 2-3 years so they are both old rats. Cait knows that she might have to make a decision to euthanize her if she doesn't pass on her own. Damn, this is going to be brutal. We were both crying the entire time we were discussing this. I don't know how to help her. How to comfort her. I know that I really can't except to be there as she cries and mourns. I started a scrap page about grief yesterday. Probably not the only one that I will do.
She and I will be spending a lot of time together today but out of the house. I am going with her to the college so she can find all of her classes and then tonight we are going out for "Back to school" ice creams with BFFATS and her daughter. We started doing that when the girls were in preschool and we stopped for a few years in HS. We started up again when they were off to college. It should be fun. In between that, I have to clean for my friend. Busy day.
::grouphug and HAGD!