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days_unfolding) wrote2001-10-17 09:39 pm
days_unfolding) wrote2001-10-17 09:39 pm
Glimpses of the old world
Yesterday was Erik's (my ex-husband's) birthday. I sent him an e-card rather late last night. He sent a response saying that he was leaving for a vacation in Europe today, and that he'd call me during the afternoon. He also said that he assumed that I started my new job (which made me laugh) and that he'd call my cell phone because he didn't know where I was.
He did. He was in SFO (San Francisco airport) waiting to board his flight. He's on sabbatical, flying to London tonight, will be in Europe for three weeks, and is playing his itinerary by ear. I'm so happy for him; I know that he's wanted to take this trip for a long time.
The bad news (as we get older, I think that good news/bad news is the rhythm of things) is that his cat, Dizzy, died the week of the WTC attack. Apparently Dizzy had a brain tumor and started having convulsions. It was an especially rough week for Erik because he has a friend who knew someone who died in the WTC attack.
Dizzy, of course, was my cat too when Erik and I were together. Dizzy and Chaos didn't get along well, so when we split, it seemed obvious that each of us would keep one cat. When Chaos died, one of the first things that I wondered was how Dizzy was doing. The last time that I saw Erik, I took several pictures of Dizzy (and Erik and Dizzy) while it still was possible.
He did. He was in SFO (San Francisco airport) waiting to board his flight. He's on sabbatical, flying to London tonight, will be in Europe for three weeks, and is playing his itinerary by ear. I'm so happy for him; I know that he's wanted to take this trip for a long time.
The bad news (as we get older, I think that good news/bad news is the rhythm of things) is that his cat, Dizzy, died the week of the WTC attack. Apparently Dizzy had a brain tumor and started having convulsions. It was an especially rough week for Erik because he has a friend who knew someone who died in the WTC attack.
Dizzy, of course, was my cat too when Erik and I were together. Dizzy and Chaos didn't get along well, so when we split, it seemed obvious that each of us would keep one cat. When Chaos died, one of the first things that I wondered was how Dizzy was doing. The last time that I saw Erik, I took several pictures of Dizzy (and Erik and Dizzy) while it still was possible.
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Cute story about Malcolm. Did you ever try to wrap him up?
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Nope, but a number of sheets of wrapping paper did end up getting virtually shredded ;)