zoe crossed the rainbow bridge this evening. she went peacefully in her sleep, lying right next to my feet. that's what she wanted and that's what i was able to give her; i'm so glad for that.
the past two weeks have been labor intensive where zoe was concerned. the hardest part was keeping her hydrated...i have a 20 ml syringe which i used to give her between 475 and 730 mls of fluids every day. with zoe gone, i'm fairly certain i won't be doing as near as much laundry. it also occurred to me that i've been staying up later to keep vigil for my girl, to get her through the nights. i don't know why i didn't figure that out before. so perhaps now (not today but maybe tomorrow??) i can start scaling back my bedtime hours. we've finally had a few pretty days, and i feel like i've slept through most of them.
i've already spoken with sheila; we'll take zoe out to the farm and bury her tomorrow. um, today--saturday. we're also meant to go watch the 7 yo son of some friends play football this afternoon at 3. we'll see. mark has the weekend off, and when he's as tired as he is, i let him be in charge of our social calendar. i don't so much care to go out actually; i'd be happy to build a bonfire and just laze beside it. possibly with an adult beverage in my paw....or marshmallows!!!
i really do need to get to bed...g'night y'all.
