things that happened in april or that didn't happen

i waited a month on purpose this time to post anything. it seems that a lot has happened in april so this post is long.
my cat c.c. has kidney failure and has been needing to go to the vet every month since january. but april,,,no vet. and she really hasn't had any bad days either. what helps is the sub-q's that c.c. now gets about 5 days a week. no more every other day. i don't think that was working too well. luckily i have a great boyfriend who will stop by on his way home (he has to pass by my house anyway) to do the sticking. he has yet to let me try. but i'm not complaining. c.c. is teaching me to live one day at a time. not to look forward on what might happen with her. it's too stressful anyway.
my mom had to put her cat to sleep last week. mom's cat's name was sassy. poor sassy started not being able to breath so after many vet visits they found a mass attached to her larynx and removed it. they sent it out for test and it came back showing cancer. needless to say mom was very upset, and after the removal of the mass sassy never got any better and since not many can afford chemo for their cats she decided to end her suffering and put her down. my niece took sassy to the vet so mother wouldn't have too. at this point mother doesn't even know where my brother buried her.
my brother called yesterday to tell me that my nephew had gone to get the chair we were getting mother for mother's day. he asked if i knew about sassy and that he thinks that mother took sassy's passing harder than our dad's passing. now i don't know if that's true or not but our father was sick for years and that allows a lot of time to mourn. losing a pet that you have taken care of for over a decade leaves a big hole in the heart especially if that pet was your constant companion since our fathers passing.

the fact of the matter is YOUR EITHER A ANIMAL LOVER OR YOUR NOT.

also in april i found out that a friend from college and who also did some work for me around the house (he was a handyman by trade) was found with his truck flipped in the river and drowned. we had an awful lot of rain last month and the roads were always wet. i am assuming that is what happened. dave was a very good and unique individual. it also came as a shock. he will be missed. he wasn't someone who ever faded into the background of any gathering.

another person who died was a man from my work. his name was kerry and was loved and respected greatly. well i guess a fair statement would be you either loved him or hated him but i would bet that he was respected either way. kerry worked hard and played hard and had trouble with his heart but phenomena took him. he never came back from all the infections. he was what i considered old-school business. he shot from the hip and didn't bullshit around things with fancy words. not to say he wasn't a bullshitter but he didn't really hold any punches with people. i loved him a lot. and still have problems with the reality of him not being around. his presence was huge and the hole that is left is even greater. i know he is somewhere running up a bar tab from all the whiskey and diet cokes he loves to drink. and the bar also allows smoking. cheers kerry.

and finally, the man who lost his wife and baby in the tornadoes that passed through the boro on good friday. out of all the devastation only 2 lost their lives which i find amazing. not to say that those 2 lives weren't important any loss is too many but only that's it's surprising. people were sucked out of their homes and 1 kid had a car land on him but from what i read they are doing well.

so from all the loss i appreciate what i have. i may be poor but i have my life, and my friends and family are in good health and my cat is still greeting me when i come home.

prayers and blessings to all who have suffered.