Another month, another entry...
Weeeell...it's been a while, and I apologize.
Been doing some soul-searching, and a bit of putting my head back together again. Getting over Sim's death has been a very rough process for me...ongoing, in fact. If you read rberta's journal, you know that we've adopted Royce from Kitty Cottage, where I volunteer. The boy is currently conked out on the couch, being snuggled by his Mama, who also is conked out...so things are doing pretty well on that front. He's not even a year old, so he's a hellion...but he's a sweetheart, too. Reminds me a lot of SimpleCat...still working out if that's a good thing or not. But I'm leaning toward 'yes', it's good.
Lexie's taking it okay...she learned Simmie's 'hiss and run' technique, so she hasn't really 'stood up' to Royce and established that she's the queen of the house...but I'm sure she will soon. Royce is a creampuff, when she comes near him...I doubt there'll be any problems. She's snuggled up on the last of Sim's old blankets...I think she misses him, still.
Sim's death (and the grief thereafter) finally pushed me into a decision I've been putting off for a good amount of time, now...I've suffered a lot of losses over these last few years, but was running dead-out and not letting everything process and move on...Sim was just the last straw on the camel's back, as it were. I'll probably get into details somewhere down the line...but I'll say now that I'm taking steps that I should've taken years ago...here's hoping they work.
Well...guess it's time for bed, for now...'school night' and all that. Thanks to everyone for their sentiments about Simmie...helped a lot in getting through those first few days.
- J
Been doing some soul-searching, and a bit of putting my head back together again. Getting over Sim's death has been a very rough process for me...ongoing, in fact. If you read rberta's journal, you know that we've adopted Royce from Kitty Cottage, where I volunteer. The boy is currently conked out on the couch, being snuggled by his Mama, who also is conked out...so things are doing pretty well on that front. He's not even a year old, so he's a hellion...but he's a sweetheart, too. Reminds me a lot of SimpleCat...still working out if that's a good thing or not. But I'm leaning toward 'yes', it's good.
Lexie's taking it okay...she learned Simmie's 'hiss and run' technique, so she hasn't really 'stood up' to Royce and established that she's the queen of the house...but I'm sure she will soon. Royce is a creampuff, when she comes near him...I doubt there'll be any problems. She's snuggled up on the last of Sim's old blankets...I think she misses him, still.
Sim's death (and the grief thereafter) finally pushed me into a decision I've been putting off for a good amount of time, now...I've suffered a lot of losses over these last few years, but was running dead-out and not letting everything process and move on...Sim was just the last straw on the camel's back, as it were. I'll probably get into details somewhere down the line...but I'll say now that I'm taking steps that I should've taken years ago...here's hoping they work.
Well...guess it's time for bed, for now...'school night' and all that. Thanks to everyone for their sentiments about Simmie...helped a lot in getting through those first few days.
- J