My parents got home on Tuesday from their trip, so last night I loaded Simon and all his belongings into my car and brought him back to them. He was happy to see them, they were happy to see him… and there was a new friend waiting for him there!
When I was younger, my grandmother (my mother’s mother) had a cute Pomeranian named Coquette. That dog was 100% devoted to my grandmaman, so much so that when Grandmaman had to enter a home, and so had to go send Coquette (who was probably 10 or 11 by that time) to live with relatives, Coquette would. not. eat. unless my grandmother was there. So basically once a day either someone would pick up my grandmother and take her to visit Coquette, or take Coquette to visit Grandmaman. Pretty good deal.
My grandmother passed away about 12 years ago, Coquette a few years before that. Which brings us to yesterday. I get to my parents’ house with Simon, and… there’s a puppy in their house. A tiny, TINY little ball of fluff, much like this one (I don’t have photos yet, mom hasn’t sent them, so this is just something I found on the Internet). TINY. She fits in my one hand. She won’t get a ton bigger, either.
I asked Mom what the heck was going on because she is the one who has vowed up and down that there will never again be another pet in their house, and then along came Simon, and, a few months later, this new little furball (as yet unnamed). ‘Well’, she said, ‘This is one of Coquette’s great-great-great granddaughters. My cousin had them, and she just gave her to me’. My mom. What an old softie.
Then I came home. Fine. Except guess what? I miss Simon. Seriously, I’d gotten used to having him around, no matter how sneezy he made me. Last night, all evening, I kept looking around for him, or starting to tell him something… and he wasn’t there. Rob works evenings (5p-1a) for the next couple of months, so I’m gonna be lonesome. Yes, Judd Nelson is a good friend but he mainly stays in the office, and isn’t all that cuddly. Simon used to come lay on my feet when I was couchnapping.
So, it looks like we either need a new pet (preferably a puppy because I can’t handle another cat) or I have to hire people to come over and run around the house in animal masks.
Also, a question. It just seems as though lately Rob and I have been catching one thing after another… I’m still dealing with this frackin’ ear infection, plus some kind of chest cold from Hell. Rob spent last night alternately shivering under 9 blankets or sweating. I don’t know what’s going on with ME, but I know that Rob’s immune system has been weak ever since his hospital stay last Spring. Does anyone out there have a suggestion as to some kind of immune system booster? I know, diet and exercise come first, and we are trying our best to improve that. But vitamins? No vitamins? What say you?
) methods of falling asleep when your body isn’t agreeing?
