I didn’t top myself and I’m stilll cat-less, and new iPad-less. I’m surprised at how much I loved Jaime; I remember, the first few days, when I had to force myself to love her, ‘cause she was slightly stand-offish for a while. I remember running my hands over her rail-thin body, thinking, over and over, I WILL love this cat; I MUST love this cat. And soon enough, boy howdy, how I did. She had never peacefully taken a shit in her life before, always terrorized by other animals ; so she sprayed her shit at first. I got her a Booda-belll letterbox, and problem solved. She was happier; her turds solidified and i was happier: no more mess. I quickly developed an “us against the world” mentality with her, and it survives through her death. I feel picked on , by my Trustees. Who I feel, are failing to let me recover control of my finances. They let me try once, in the very early days of my recovery, and of course I fucked it up. I’ve been suggesting with increasing firmness, they. ...
a blog that is also meant to serve as a recovery journal, for this gay, Quaker, writer dealing with t.b.i., from surviving a hate crime in Sligo, Ireland, on 1.31.99.