Friday, September 23, 2011

One Year

Yesterday marked the first anniversary of Chou's passing.  That's right, it's been a year.  One year. Without Chou.

Oddly enough, the weather was exactly the same as it had been last year: cloudy and depressing....until around 4:45pm, when the clouds finally let the sun show through and shine down on the world. I don't know if the weather necessarily mimics itself year after year on each day, but I found that to be oddly interesting.

It has been different without Chou here. And I still miss him so.  My brother asked me if I was ready for a new cat yet.  The answer: not quite.  While I miss my precious jungle cat, and I know my girls would love to have a pet cat, I just can't do it yet.  I don't have the energy for taking care of another cat.  I don't think I have the mindset to take care of another cat yet.  While I wouldn't necessarily want a kitten, I also wouldn't necessarily want an older cat either.  If I got a kitten, I'd have to train it to not destroy the house.  An older cat would be calmer, but knowing that kidney failure is what takes cats blessed to live to a ripe old age, that's just something I don't want to go through again.

Another thing is the freedom that not having a cat gives: we can actually go places and not have  to make arrangements for cat-sitting.  After 20 years, I'd like to take advantage of that freedom for a bit.  

So life goes on, and we'll see what the next year holds in store for us.

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