a tough week

So this has been a tough week for me.  Last week we got the call that the sweet wonderful beautiful perfect guide dog had to leave us.  This photo was taken the afternoon she left at her new digs - she is the smiling one on the far left.

Last week our Malay cat also ran away.  The babysitter must have let him out.  It has been a full 8 days and no sign of him.  I am trying to keep it together by sewing obsessively.