Thriss' Journal
Some of My Projects
TBD 
The Journal Part
Zeus, in this context, is my mother-in-law's oldest cat. He's currently dying. I just spend two hours with Elaine in their basement, Zeus lying under the coffee table which we'd pushed to the other side of the room, as he waits for his liver to shut down completely and take the rest of his organs with it. His lungs aren't doing much better, you can tell it's hard for him to breathe.
He's 11 years old, and I've known him for more than half his life. I started dating Jeremy six years ago. Elaine, however, has had him since he was a young, brash, alpha man-boy of a feline. So she's pretty torn up.
When she called, I finished up the chores I was doing and went over. Zeus was always such a pain in the ass (in a loving sort of way) so it was hard to see him just...lying there.
It was really hard to see Elaine so upset. She adores her pets. Absolutely adores them. And seeing Zeus, the oldest, the one in charge, the one who only ever listened to her, dying...yeah, she's a wreck.
So I had her bring out her quilting from her craft room, set it up in the middle of the basement where she can still be with Zeus, and we spend about an hour and a half in a quilting lesson, since she's pretty much amazing at it, and I've only ever put together one square for the beautiful dragon quilt she made for my high school graduation five years ago. So that helped her get some distraction.
I took home a place mat that she started forever ago, just needs to be whip stitched on one side and quilted. I can do that from what she taught me today. Hopefully the promises of coming back with a finished product and spending some time with her to finish the other five will keep her hopes up a little. Her sarcastic-ass younger son sure isn't gonna help...
Sad that Zeus' death is reminding me of this, but I really do have great in laws. As much as I can complain about them, they're good people. The kind of people that I would want to comfort when their favorite pet is dying. ...Or any other member of their family, doesn't have to be a pet, but you know what I mean. If you think about it, people who are in mourning are...so hard to be around. If that person doesn't occupy a special place in your heart...how do you really give them the attention and love that they need without sounding fake or making yourself look like an asshole, at least to yourself?
So take care in your final hours and in the time beyond, Zeus. We'll miss you. Here's hoping there's tons of birds to chase, treats to eat, and females to strut around on the other side for you. And thanks for reminding us all what family is.
The Not Journal Part
LIVE PROJECTS
TBD
READING LIST
Money Needed for England
$12,000/£6,333
Amount Collected
$88/£42.67 (...I've a ways to go...)
To Do List
- Laundry
- Living room
- Office
- Dining room
- Write Dubs
- Pluck
- Call about debit card
- copyright info
- Thank you cards
Goals
- Write SOMETHING every day
- Get credit card debt to go away (84.38%)
- Exercise 5 times a week
It's over now. Just breathe...