Yesterday I had to stop by the vet to pick up Fatness’s ashes. I have something on order to put them in but it’s from etsy and will be handmade so for now I just have them in a box. I have to say the vet has been really great through all of this—I’m sure they are used to it, and have lots of experience dealing with people’s grief over their pets, but still, they have made me feel better. I meant to return some of the cans of special food they’d given me that Fatness never ate but I forgot it. I find myself getting obsessed over what to do with her remaining cans of food, and figuring out what to do with them but then being seemingly unable to actually follow up on my plans.
Sometimes I forgot that the fatness is gone and I’ll see a dark shape out of the corner of my eye and think it’s her.
I’ve noticed on facebook that quite a few of my friends have lost pets recently. I’m not sure if more than usual have lost pets, or that I’ve noticed more than I did before, or if (creepy idea) facebook’s algorithms are showing me more lost pet posts. Maybe even all of the above.
I wrote a rant about snow driving but erased it. In a nutshell, bad traffic in the snow is another one of those things people from St Louis think only happens in St Louis. Oh, and I’m glad the Rams are leaving. I was tired of hearing about how much money the city had to spend on football, but not on all the things that would actually benefit the city. Sigh. It’s so easy to get angry and worked up about these things but so hard to know what to do. *insert inspirational picture with quotes*
I’m leaving this post with no picture. Next time. Enjoy the rest of your week and stay warm, friends. Thank for all of your support and kind words.
I’m not sure the location of your vet versus the location of the Humane Society on Macklind, but they would take your donations for people who struggle to feed their pets. (Or any other animal shelter really.) (Or I would meet you for a drink and accept them.)
Fatness could still be there hanging around…
I’m sure you’re seeing more instances about pets since it’s on your mind. Studies have shown when you’re focused on something (say you want to buy a new car), you’ll see more ads, etc about that thing.
As for the football team, just because you don’t care about football doesn’t mean it didn’t benefit the city. I never go to the symphony so I guess I wouldn’t care if they shut down. I’m not sure the govt will automatically use that same money for something else necessarily .
That’s a good idea about the humane society. I think part of it my reluctance to get rid of the food, but I definitely don’t want it to go to waste. It’s canned so there’s no rush at least. I do have some dry food though, opened, IAMS active senior I believe–would you use it? The others are fancy feast and some kidney care prescription cans.
I know you love football, but that’s hardly a fair comparison. I’m not sure if taxes even go to the symphony and the city certainly hasn’t offered to build them a new hall by the riverfront with ample, safe, parking nearby. Obviously there’s a lot of emotion that goes into play, but arts organizations are routinely ignored and overlooked versus sports teams, yet consistently put money into the economy….but I’m sorry that you lost your team. That does suck, and especially sucks how it went down.
I do certainly hope that facebook isn’t showing me more posts about dead pets, and instead I’m simply noticing them more. In the past I might have ignored the post because I didn’t want to think about my pets dying, I suppose.
Thanks for sharing.