Life happens fast!! I think often of how I should get on this site and write more...document my life a little more for family but then I get busy and don't think to do it. I guess I am sometimes too busy living life and thus don't write about life....until moments like tonight!! :)
Its May already. School will be out before long and then I'll have almost 8 glorious weeks to "play". I have my Missouri vacation planned and can hardly wait to see family again. It feels like forever since I have seen Colin and Alyssa. I know they have grown so much since last December when I saw them! I think Alyssa might be forgetting who I am a little bit because she has stopped wanting to talk to me on the phone.
It will also be good to spend time with Dad. I worry about him and although I know Charla and Brad would let me know if anything was wrong; it will be good to see it for myself. I love my father with all my heart and wish that I could live closer to him.
We lost Mayer on March 28th. He was 13 years old and had lived a good life. Unfortunately he had started to go blind and had a huge tumor on his neck that was more than likely cancerous. Taking him to the vet to have him put to sleep was so dang hard. When the time came, though, he laid on the blanket beside where I was sitting. The vet administered the first drug and he started to snore like he always did when he slept hard. It made me smile for an instant and then with the administration of the second drug, he was gone. I have to believe that he is in a better place; jumping and running and sleeping in the sun. The life he had with us during his last months was not the life I hope he has now.
Since losing Mayer, Buster and Dot have adjusted. Buster misses Mayer more than I thought he would but Dot has proven to be fickle. She has moved her affections from Mayer to Duane! Now she is constantly seeking him out and wanting his attention.
Well, that's about all I can think of for now. I'll try to write a time or two this summer....but don't hold your breath!! :)
