Haven't been here a while

Haven't been around here for a while.. for that, I blame Warcraft. And the two months I spent fighting off MRSA Cellulitis in my foot which nearly put me in the hospital but, instead, got me on a cocktail of antibiotics which made me lose about 10 pounds and sleep most of the day.

I just needed to find a place to ramble for a couple minutes because I had to have my last remaining, albeit elderly, pet rat put to sleep today. He had heart and lung troubles as well as advancing arthritis in his legs. He was 3 years old.

I always hate having an animal put to sleep because part of me knows I did the right thing but another part of me feels like I betrayed him or didn't do enough for him. Admittedly there was little that could be done. He could have been put on an antibiotic cocktail, too, but that wouldn't have addressed his heart problems or arthritis.

Anyhow, I buried him earlier today beside the grave of one of my other pet rats. I miss him terribly already. He wasn't the most social of rats we've ever owned but he did brighten up life around here with his presence.