Happy Halloween!

Here we go again...

Coqueta
Originally uploaded by Gris1.

Last night I asked my son to let Coqueta out to pee. He was doing something at the time and said he would do it a little later. In the meantime, I kept working on the computer.

After a while, my hubby asked where Coqueta was. I thought she was in the livingroom with him as she likes to sleep by the door. I asked the kids if they had seen her and they hadn't. We began looking for her all over the house (she's hard of hearing). In order to get her attention, we have to clap our hands loudly and give her hand signals. We checked the back yard and she wasn't there either.

My son had let her out and forgot to let her back inside the house. Since she stayed out for too long in the yard, she managed to get out of the gate by squeezing herself through the bars. By the time we noticed she wasn't in the house, it was too late. She was gone!

My son and I walked around the neighborhood looking for her. Since it was already after dark, we later decided to get in the car and see if we could find her in the alleys and streets. But Coqueta was nowhere to be found.

This morning I called the animal control to find out if they had picked her up. The lady said she wasn't aware of any pet fitting Coqueta's description. As I was riding the bus, headed for work, I called the vet's office to find out if someone had by chance found her and dropped her off there. As the receptionist checked, I got the good news that there was a possibility that Coqueta may have been picked up but at a different location.

Sure enough, it was her. When my hubby went to pick her up, they told her that she had been hit by a car. She was in bad shape when they found her last night. My hubby then took her to our vet's office.

I went to see her right after work. I can't believe she has survived this. She's 14 years old! The vet said that, at this time, there's not much they can do for her. She was alert and she attempted to walk, although a few times she kept slipping. You can tell her hip is hurt.

I'm so sad. She's been with us since she was two months old. I feel so guilty for not having paid more attention to her. Maybe if I would have gotten off the computer and gone to let her out, instead, this wouldn't have happened!

I don't know how much time she has left. She's been through a lot and she's old. For now, they are going to keep her until tomorrow for observation and she will be given medication.

light...

light coming from the window
Originally uploaded by Gris1.

--mga

power outage...

Last month, we had a severe thunder storm and we had a power outage. Unfortunately, I had left my computer on and when the power went out the computer crashed!

The bad news...I lost everything! I never backed up my files!
The good news, I got upgraded to XP and my USB drive finally works so I can download my pics directly from my camera!

I'm glad my computer is up and running again. Especially, because my kids need to do research and type most of their written assigments on the computer. But most of all I'm glad for me, because I can check my e-mails and post my pictures!

red hair

I was washing my hands in the bathroom at work when one of my co-workers (an older woman) came in. She took a look at me and our conversation went something like this:

Co-worker: "OMG, what did you do to your hair!?"
Me: "I changed my color."
Co-worker: "It's bright red!"
Me: "I know."
Co-worker: Why did you do that for?"
Me: (looking at my reflection in the mirror I noticed that the lighting did make my hair look brighter) "That's the way it came out. I guess I wanted to try something new"
Co-worker: "It's too red! Oh, I don't know... you should change it, that color is what slutty girls are using!"
Me: (My jaw dropped) I guess that was the look I was foing for!