I always expect these things to be cinematic in a way they never are. We took Archie to the vet and she brought him back with blood on his chin, and you sort of think you're going to be horrified before you see it, but it's just another ordinary thing happening in front of your eyes. She pat her hands on her thighs like a band kid before coming through the door and telling us he has cancer. Well, these things happen.
You can imagine that it would sort of take the wind out of my sails--I really don't want to go to the grocery store, but I'll try to get the laundry and the rest taken care of. I've been getting so behind on everything! And i know logically it's just three or four phone calls, but Man. I'm starting to get excited now that I know my hours actually will be going down, but more time won't make the doing it any easier--only doing it can do that.
Going to update the lists on here today and see what I can do with the rest of it! I guess, if anything, it's a good day to work on house rules, too. My little odd grief story!
I really thought I was going to have more to say, which was why I opened this, but I guess I don't. It's just one of those things that I feel like telling someone about, but it's not really a conversation anyone wants to have, either. Very often I don't really want to talk about something with someone, I just feel wrong not saying it. So here, the saying. I feel sort of silly. I don't want to get into counting again or anything like that, so I won't bother: These things do, in fact, just happen! So it goes & goes.