ashes to ashes

We picked up Sweet Pea’s cremains today.  I wasn’t going to get all weepy about it, but I did as soon as I spotted the little commemorative print the cemetary made for us, with a paw print and a lock of hair on it.  I really do miss her.  One of the women at the vet’s office has a cat she’s suggested we adopt, but he’s a bit young (9 months old), he’s not neutered (that’s a big expense), and we’ve already sent our adoption paperwork in to the Best Friends sanctuary.  He’s a really cute cat though, and he’s supposed to be well-tempered, so we might try him out in a “sleepover”.  First I have to de-Sweet Pea part of the upstairs by removing her old cat tree.  She had a bad habit of peeing on the bottom of it (she loved to pee on carpeting, so I’m thankful she restricted it to the cat tree), and I want to move it to the garage where I can douse it with bleach.  I was always cleaning it after she had an “accident”, but I know I’ve probably missed a spot here or there and I don’t want a new cat to think carpeting is fair game.  I finally got smart after a year or so of “tree pee” and covered the base with a plastic trash bag, and that stopped the attraction.  Still, there are a lot of residual urinary memories on that tree.

We went to Barnes & Noble today with a gift certificate and bought nothing.  If I didn’t know better I’d think I was seriously ill.  I just couldn’t find anything I really wanted to read, and I’m waiting for a huge Amazon order to arrive so I figured I’d save the gc for a reading rainy day.  Nancy found The Secrets of Angels & Demons on the “New Releases” shelf and that was pretty neat.  I wrote a chapter for it and I doubt the thrill of seeing my name in a bookstore will ever wear off.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 12/27 at 09:14 PM

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