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happybird

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Sat Mar 2, 2024, 12:43 AM Mar 2024

I finally vacuumed today [View all]

Haven’t done it since Pooper died because I liked seeing her black fur in little drifts on the stairs and under the bench in the family room. It felt wrong to clean it up. It feels so final.

I keep finding odds and ends, like toys under the couch and in random, hidden spots and a food mat under a table in the guest bedroom. Still haven’t taken the litter box out to the shed. It’s just so weird not having any cat friends, but I am not in a stable enough financial position to adopt a new friend or two. Sucks. The house is so empty and lonely.

Earlier toady I was about to dump an armful of clean laundry on the bed to fold and automatically paused, thinking, “Oh, cat hair,” and then realized that’s no longer an issue. That was the turning point on cleaning. I needed to clean, it was getting very dust bunny-y and crumb-y around here. Fortunately, I am sloppy about vacuuming so there is probably more of her sweet little fur drifts under the dresser and in other hidden nooks.

The worst is I still keep catching myself starting to talk to her.
Sorry for being a downer. I miss my baby.

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I finally vacuumed today [View all] happybird Mar 2024 OP
🫶🏽 blm Mar 2024 #1
Thank you happybird Mar 2024 #6
No apology needed. cilla4progress Mar 2024 #2
Thank you and hugs to you, too happybird Mar 2024 #7
Can you keep a few tufts that you find and put them in an envelope? spooky3 Mar 2024 #3
I have some clippings happybird Mar 2024 #5
I'm so sorry. Nt spooky3 Mar 2024 #11
Don't apologize LoveMyCali Mar 2024 #4
I don't think I could happybird Mar 2024 #9
No apologies needed. Those of us owned by the furpeople understand niyad Mar 2024 #8
I totally agree with what you said. StarryNite Mar 2024 #13
Sending you hugs, dear happy bird. MLAA Mar 2024 #10
Awhhh...I know that feeling and I'm so sorry for your loss PortTack Mar 2024 #12
When our Big Dog died, my wife presented me with a zip-lock baggie of his hair. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2024 #14
My heart to yours. herding cats Mar 2024 #15
Hug XanaDUer2 Mar 2024 #16
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