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September Starts On A Rough Note...
Sep. 1st, 2026 01:28 pmmy brother got a bereavement day because his cat, Jimmy, died(My brother sells pet insurance, this is a perk.)
I want to help him out--I know how it is, although Jimmy has been scared of my mom for a long time so we didn't spend a lot of time together.NOTE: Mon didn't, you know, *scare* the cat, she was there helping or something when the cat got scared so he'd see her think "Yikes," and run off.
but I am torn about wanting A. to spend another day of mourning here...it's a lot going through every medical test, how sudden it is(He had something which he seemed to pull through great from earlier in the summer, but here we are. Did he not? Was it something else? The cat *was* sixteen...who knows?
A. is not a great listener or especially good for my concentration on his best day, which this is obviously not...I'm also concerned that he might literally attempt to drown his sorrows which is not very good.(Sometimes I think this might be a problem, but absolutely everyone can and does drink more than I do so what do I know?) And,Process or not, I'm not doing anything I can't pick up some other day.
I did send "Such A Great Body" out for another novella contest last week, though I'm not sure I still believe in it.
I want to help him out--I know how it is, although Jimmy has been scared of my mom for a long time so we didn't spend a lot of time together.NOTE: Mon didn't, you know, *scare* the cat, she was there helping or something when the cat got scared so he'd see her think "Yikes," and run off.
but I am torn about wanting A. to spend another day of mourning here...it's a lot going through every medical test, how sudden it is(He had something which he seemed to pull through great from earlier in the summer, but here we are. Did he not? Was it something else? The cat *was* sixteen...who knows?
A. is not a great listener or especially good for my concentration on his best day, which this is obviously not...I'm also concerned that he might literally attempt to drown his sorrows which is not very good.(Sometimes I think this might be a problem, but absolutely everyone can and does drink more than I do so what do I know?) And,Process or not, I'm not doing anything I can't pick up some other day.
I did send "Such A Great Body" out for another novella contest last week, though I'm not sure I still believe in it.
