Abby: 1999 - 2009

[elleflies]

I've been MIA for awhile... mostly due to sheer exhaustion and too much work.

I recognize that today is the Inauguration, everyone is excited etc etc.

I don't care. I just honestly don't.

My dog had to be put down today. That trumps just about anything else.

She got sick on Saturday. They found a mass on her intestine, there's really nothing they can do. So my dad took her to the vet an hour or so ago.

She was 9 and a half years old and I didn't get to say goodbye. It was just so sudden. She was fine at Christmas! I know labs don't live long but I honestly thought she'd have longer. That her passing away wouldn't be this sudden thing.

What's worse is that my brother didn't get to say goodbye either, what with him being in Iraq. He gets to find out about her via e-mail. My mom at least got to tell me over the phone. A conversation that mostly consisted of us crying and not being able to say much. Even my dad has been crying (which is a huge thing as he never cries)

I can't really look at pictures of Abby right now without turning into a sobbing mess (aqain), but if anyone's curious about my pretty girl, I have an entire gallery of photos Here

Comments

[caithream.livejournal.com]

Oh babe. I'm so so sorry. It's awful enough when you know it's coming, but to have it happen so suddenly has just got to be terrible. You're in my thoughts, okay? <3333333

(And about the inauguration? Yeaaaaah. I'm in classes today until 3pm and then I have to go to work from 5pm until 11pm, so hopefully I'll be able to miss most of it. :\)

[mtemplar-fic.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. *hugs tightly*

[helikedmyshoes.livejournal.com]

Oh Tarina, I'm so sorry. I'm keeping you and your family in my thoughts today. It's so hard to let go of a pet, especially when it happens so suddenly. The same thing happened to our cat a couple of years ago, I came home one day and he couldn't walk, and we couldn't get him to the vet in time to help him so they had to put him down. So sad. I'm really sorry. *hugs*

[giventofly37.livejournal.com]

Oh honey, I'm so sorry. :( ♥

[veracity]

Oh, baby girl. You know I'm here for you. Call hell or high water. I'll talk. I love you lots and lots.

[kashmir1.livejournal.com]

Oh honey. I'm so sorry.

*hugs*

[scary-lullabies.livejournal.com]

Omg, that's terrible. I'm so sorry, honey. She was a gorgeous dog. Not getting to say goodbye is such an awful weight, I know. *hugs*

[nariya.livejournal.com]

I'm SO sorry for your loss.

*massive hugs*

[beckaandzac.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear about Abby. My old cat died when I was away at school last year, and it's got to be so hard and so disconcerting for you. *hugs*

[goodnight.livejournal.com]

I'm so so sorry. I know what that's like all too well. *gives you giant hugs* ♥

[harshlightning.livejournal.com]

*HUGS* I'm so sorry, Tarina. You are in my thoughts. If you need anything or just want to talk, don't hesitate to let me know. *HUGS*

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

Thanks babe, I really appreciate it. And I may just take you up on that.

[aesvir.livejournal.com]

Such terrible news--I'm so sorry, especially with it being so sudden. And I am sorry that your brother didn't get to say goodbye. My dog had passed away last April, after being sick for two years, and I remember leaving frantic voicemails with my brother so he could get online and see our poor Yoko over the webcam before our parents took her to be cremated. We all cried together over Skype. :(