Well, it's done.

Me and Katie made the vet cry.

It was a damn hard thing to do.

When people who've held a special place in my heart have died, my tradition is to build a fire in the back yard and say my goodbyes into the smoke and throw something that I associate with them into the flames. With John it was scotch; with Devon it was gin; with my father it was tobacco.

I've never built a fire for a pet. But maybe I will for Katie. With the humans, the fire served to take care of unfinished business. I didn't have any unfinished business with Kate. She was a good (most of the time), sweet, galumphing, loveable dog. Unlike the humans, I got to say my goodbyes to Katie in person.

Whoo. *sniff*

So what video does one rent on the day you've had your dog put to sleep?

"Dogtown"?

No.

"Dogma"?

Considered, but no.

"K-911"

Uh, no.

"Old Yeller"?

Oh, hell, no.

Apparently, the appropriate choices are "Scary Movie" and "The Abominable Dr. Phibes". Those are the ones I took through the line and checked out anyway. I know I won't really care if I have a bad association with "Scary Movie" and never want to watch it again. I remember Dr. Phibes from the Creature Feature when I was a kid. I remember thinking it was one of the best horror movies EVER. With an adult's perspective, I imagine it will be enjoyably cheesy. And that's kind of what I want.

Anyway, it's a good thing I rented some movies, because Dinner And A Movie is playing "Turner and Hooch" tonight. Like I need to watch THAT.

I'm going to go vacuum and wash dishes, then sit in a chair and drink and eat nachos and watch bad movies until Deb gets home from work.

P.S. Thank you for the kind memories and thoughts in my guestbook.

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