“Remoted – Hybrid” – Day 583 (Wednesday)

The day started extra early with a routine medical check before work. As in 7:00 am, before work. That meant being up 45 minutes early and then out the door around the time I am usually getting dressed. Luckily, the appointment was close by at Lowell General and the department is exceptionally well run. The whole thing, including round-trip travel, took only about 40 minutes, and I was back at the house with time to drink coffee and cuddle with Winston before heading to the office.

Coco and Winnie.

After the cuddly and productive start, the day was met with the now routine computer challenges (boo!), some progress on to-do lists (yay!), and sad news from a friend (sniff, sniff). In the ongoing string of crap in quite possibly the crappiest year ever for each of us, Winston’s doggy girlfriend Coco passed away. She was a sweet and stylish gal, blind and deaf, and an impressive 17 years old.  

When Moose, Winnie, and I stayed with my friends for several weeks before closing on the house, between their dogs and mine, it was a most entertaining puppy gang of six, plus a cat. The tail wagging wiggle butts of Cash, Coco, Riley, Emmett, Moose, and Winston kept things lively, and the ever elusive Tilly the cat watched (and sometimes hissed ever so subtly) from between the balusters at the upstairs landing. 

All the fur babies were old-ish and several died this year. Now Winnie is the last one standing. Rest in peace Coco. And Cash, Emmett, Riley, Moose, and Tilly, I hope all y'all are playing in the happy fields of the fur baby afterlife. You live on in our hearts and memories (and our 10,000 photos and videos).

Once upon a time there was an adorable doggy gang ...
 Cash, Coco, Winston, Riley, and Moose (Emmett was elsewhere.)