Kitt. Cat.

[shanmonster]

Hectic. Hectic. Up and down.

So f00dave was away in California for a week, and I spent my time cleaning like whoa. My room has a bare floor and furniture uncluttered with leaning piles anymore! I even organized my bookshelf, which has been on my I'll-get-around-to-it-sometime list ever since I moved here several years ago.

At some point during all this, the hard drive on my computer died. I tried not to panic as I thought of all my research and writing files that might be lost to me forever. I tried not to worry about my music collection. But I worried anyway. The most annoying thing is that I'm getting Dave's old computer shortly, and would have been able to transfer all my files if my computer had been nice enough to wait just another week or two before dying. I didn't even know it was dying. It seemed healthy enough.

Fortunately, double-plus good DOES happen from time to time. Dave came home, and gifted me with an early birthday present: a new laptop! I promptly named it Kitt. And then, miraculously enough, my computer eventually did load up again. In fact, I'm typing on it right now, although it is acting sluggish. I have most of my files transferred over, and am hoping this machine will last until I take over Dave's old computer.

And all along, I keep cleaning and tidying and cleaning and listening to audio books all the while.

And then my poor part-time kitty, Tasselhoff, took very sick very suddenly. And today she was put down. She was calm and peaceful, thankfully. She graced me with one last bout of purring when I patted her. And then she had an injection and slipped off into sleep and then death. It felt wrong to leave her in the room, unattended. She'd been there, and now, it was just a vacant furry body, still looking like she was just sleeping. Poor kitty.

Now I'm sad again.

Comments

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I am so so so sorry to hear about Tasselhoff. =(

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

I'm just glad she drifted off so peacefully.

[zydee.livejournal.com]

My condolences on Tasselhoff's passing. If that's her picture, what a sweet kitty.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Yup! That was her. She was sweet-faced, but pretty cranky much of the time. I liked her bitchy attitude. Heheh....

[zydee.livejournal.com]

The best kitties hate everybody except their person.

My old ladycat passed a couple years ago--I know what you mean about not wanting to just leave her there. It tore me up to discover the vet hospital where she passed away has turned into a spa, but if kitties have ghosts, I like the idea of her spirit prowling the halls and glaring balefully at soccer moms having their mani-pedis.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Haha! I can see that. No one can give stink-eye like a cat with a bad attitude.

[3headedmonkey.livejournal.com]

I'm sad to hear about Tasselhoff. I had a similar hard time when we put Smudge down. She was there and then wasn't anymore.

*huggles* Shan.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

It's weird, isn't it?

[3headedmonkey.livejournal.com]

Very weird.

[badrahessa.livejournal.com]

Im so sorry to hear about Tasselhoff , my sympathies to you.

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

She was a grand old cat.

[ladyiolanthe.livejournal.com]

Sorry about you kitty. I'm sure she had a wonderful life with you and her other part-time people.

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for your loss. It's so hard to lose a companion animal. {{{hugs}}}

Pets are great

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

Their only drawback is their mortality, but of course that is a drawback with all living things. Sorry to hear that she's gone.

[amelielee.livejournal.com]

I'm glad her death was drifty. ~hugs~ I'm sorry your part-time kitty is gone. We shall all have to drink to her when I come in tomorrow. Also, I drank to her last night. To Tass, I hope you enjoy the giant catnip pouch in the sky.

More hugs.

[zombienought.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry for your loss.