good bye, Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile

Many of my friends knew Cleo the Cat -- she was in my life for 18 years; from the moment she rolled out of that box and climbed up my combat boots and into my leather jacket all the way to this weekend, when her kidneys gave out and I asked the vet to put her to sleep. All the way to the end, she was my friend and companion, and I'm truly heartbroken.

 I think I am a terribly lucky soul that I had the care and affection of Cleo for so long.

Goodbye, Miss Cleo -- I know we'll meet again and maybe next time its your turn to clean the litterbox.

I spent most of the weekend...

being a slug. I basically got no sleep on friday night, worrying about MIss Cleo, and then that terrible morning at the vet. I was very fortunate that my friend, Sitcomlady, came away from the MCC fundraiser Pancake Brunch (held near my vet's office) to be there for me. We had lunch and then I called another friend D to find out they were hanging out in a park near where I was (serendipity!) -- I didnt want to go home and deal with cleaning up my room and putting away things, so I spent the afternoon hanging out in the park with them, and then went to dinner with them as well.

I ate very badly. all I wanted was chocolate cake. I did have an ostrich burger for lunch, and chicken tenders for dinner, but there was cake. Sunday, I mostly ate blueberry scones with tea, tho while I was shopping at the indian store, I got a free meal at their open house (Dal, rice, and a couple of curried veggie dishes).

I couldnt face cooking and didnt want to give in to my desire for more chocolate cake, and I slept like crap on saturday night and sunday too, but when the alarm went off at 5 am, I got up and went to the gym, and worked out.

Workout: 33 minutes, precor, 2.4 miles, 30 minutes in the zone
Fasting blood sugar on Monday was: 100
(weekend was more like 145, 154)
Breakfast: two poached eggs on dry english muffins, 1 cup of tea with milk and splenda
1 cup of cytomax while working out.


I really want to thank all the 3 million gods and goddesses I get to worship that I have the friends and family I do have. thank you all for making my life so full of love and joy. :)

From the Bhagavad Gita: Second Chapter:

Na twevaaham jaatu naasam na twam neme janaadhipaah;
Na chaiva na bhavishyaamah sarve vayam atah param.

12. Nor at any time indeed was I not, nor these rulers of men, nor verily shall we ever cease to be hereafter.

Vaasaamsi jeernaani yathaa vihaaya
     Navaani grihnaati naro'paraani;
Tathaa shareeraani vihaaya jeernaa
     Nyanyaani samyaati navaani dehee.

22. Just as a man casts off worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, so also the embodied Self casts off worn-out bodies and enters others that are new.