I feel a bit crappy today; however, I am NOT coming down with a cold. I think the weather has gotten a bit colder and wather changes do seem to bring on allergies for me. Also, the two half-carafes of wine (adding up to a bit more than a full bottle) that Rudder and I drank last night to condole over giving up the cat and to toast him in his new home probably didn’t help.
I think the people we took Coxswain (the cat) to were a bit shocked at how much stuff we brought with him: litterbox (a big one, since we had two cats when we bought it) and leftover litter; food bowls and food, plastic mat for under the bowls; a plastic doormat (with sort of an Astroturf texture) that is the best thing we’ve found to put at the door to the litterbox to catch any sand he tracks out; a brush; claw clippers; and a blanket he likes to sleep on, that sat on our bed next to my pillow so it will smell of me too. Also the carrier we had here for him is huge, because it’s the one we brought him in on the plane here. International airline rules require a carrier to be big enough for the animal to stand up and turn around in. So now their apartment is a bit cluttered. Actually it was a bit cluttered anyway, a nice boho sort of space with hanging bead curtains and little tables and cushions and so on, so getting an older cat instead of a kitten who would tear the place up is probably a good idea for them.
‘Re-homing’ the cat went as well as can be expected, I guess; we left him in the carrier with the door open, and he still hadn’t come out when we left. He did let me pet him, though, and turned his jaw into my hand as usual. I will see the female half of his new people tonight at Stitch’n’Bitch, so I’ll get a further report then.
Also, this isn’t making me happy. I love Grandpa Jim. At least he and Iris had happy years together before his stroke and all.
I’m upset about Grandpa Jim too!
Sounds like you found a lovely home for Cox. I know it’s hard, even with a good place to go he’s leaving you (or you him- whichever) and it’s sad.
Sad, too, about Grandpa Jim. I cannot imagine Lynne putting him through another illness. She’s been trying to peel the strip down and narrow the huge cast anyway so I forsee Iris going to live with a distant daughter after Jim is gone-gone. I’m thinking it’s going to be a sad couple of weeks for the FBOFW folk. Fans and strip characters alike. Even those who haven’t had to make a hard parting with a loved pet, as you and I have. (Tick’s death undid me yesterday. Delayed grief, I think.) ~LA
I love Grandpa Jim too…wondering what tomorrow will bring.
Good luck with kitty.
What makes me unhappy is that Lynn has said there will be no deaths in the series…. I think it’s more cruel to leave him like this, than to let him die gracefully.