I woke up dogless, but although I miss my little beast, I had a pretty nice day. People have been very sweet to me and shown a lot of support. Also, I am at peace with my decision to help Holly transition quickly and gracefully, and now I’m thinking of all the changes I want to make, and all the things I want to do that were hard to do while caring for a very old dog. I loved having her around and didn’t mind not being able to do these things, things such as sleeping in, or staying out late, or taking a spontaneous trip, but now that I have the option to do them, I might as well enjoy it.
Also, in line with getting more support, I finally met a cleaner I really like whom I want to work with at my Airbnb in Galveston. And I struck up a deal with my neighbor’s yard people too. Today they removed a dry branch from my tree, and every two weeks from now on they’ll do a little sprucing up in my yard. We will preserve the tropical wilderness, but tidy things up a little.
And because new things are opening up, a friend asked me to teach a watercolor class. It inspired me to reach out to someone I like very much and and have taught in the past, and she wants a class too.
So yes, there are things to look forward to and new exciting things on the horizon. I wish there was a specific little monster curled up in my bed, but there isn’t. I asked her to wait for me on the other side and I believe that she will.
