Clarity

I post this morning in a new, catless state as we had to have the last of our two cats put to sleep last night, aged 19 and a half. It was totally the right thing to do, and I feel that I have discharged my responsibility to him in full to look after him well in life and make the right decision for him at the right time when the time came for him to go.

I feel very spacey this morning after very little sleep. As he was so old, we have not been able to have any holidays away at all for about 5 years now as he would become distressed and stop eating and drinking if left on his own. I have a holiday in Skye in October now to look forward to. We don't plan on obtaining any more cats - preferring to wait until the right cats arrive at the right time - if they ever do. We still have our constant "visitor" cat who came by last night - he's owned by many households on the estate and eats where he wants to. Nice that we still have some cat things in the house for that reason.

I'm at work as I think sticking to my routine will be most comforting for me.

Thanks for listening.