Quiet

Thank you, everyone. For your emails, texts, cards, flowers, donations, and warm thoughts that I can feel from afar. In the house, it's just so... quiet.

I went to sleep on Sunday night before Mike got home from Vegas -- took a three hour nap before going to pick him up from his late arrival home -- and I had to put music on because there was no breathing in the room. Doing my workouts in the morning, no one pestering me for a scratch when I bend down to stretch. No wagging tail waiting at the door.

I've just spent some of this evening cleaning up her things around the house, putting her beds in the trash, and packing up her bowls. (Sadie, Zoey and Luci are about to benefit from a lot of treats.)

Not sure that I like the quiet so much.

(Returning tomorrow! Happy posts!)