The upside of the {bad, dirty, no good} downside

Thank you all for your kind comments, emails and Facebook messages regarding our Ozzie. Making that decision was one of the hardest things I've had to do, but I know it was the right thing to do. 

Although our hearts were hurting, we were so thankful for the almost 7 years of him being a part of our family.  That was Monday.

Maisy and Ozzie napping on our leather sectional pet bed. Circa 2014 

On Tuesday I took Maisy {I refer to her as the 'crotchety' one}  to the vet because she wasn't looking so great and the Dr. confirmed my fears; she was in kidney failure.

Again, I had to make that oh-so-difficult decision to let her go. The vet thought we could 'try' some things that all required her being poked and prodded. 

The cat was not happy about it and since I know her well, I knew she'd rather NOT do any of that. 

The upside? She came to us via the humane society and she had a great life for almost 17 years. 

 Wednesday, my eyes were still swollen from all the tears, but the Coach and I decided to go and watch the college basketball game at the girls' school. As we were walking into the game, we got a call from Linds; she was off campus and had been in a car accident. She was fine, but her car was not. Being 19 and alone, she was hysterical too. 

The upside? No one was hurt, we have car insurance and we were so close by. 

 But the other downside of this? Since she is only 19, we were not able to rent a car for her while her car is being repaired. Back up plan: Coach's big Blue truck that he is going to restore in the future. 

It was comical checking to see if Linds could actually drive this; she's never driven a car that didn't have the drive/park shift on the console. 

She looked at the gear on the dash and asked: What's this??

She turned into a retro-redneck girl in a matter of minutes. 

The Wednesday prior, Lolo's beloved chameleon Zim passed away. Talking about being sad....she and I were both a mess. I fell in love with that cute little 'grouchy cat' looking lizard. 

Taking care of chameleons isn't easy, and females are even more difficult because they need to lay eggs. {even without a beau}

A few days after that though, a good friend of ours contacted us to say he had 'rescued' a chameleon. 

Lolo thought about it for a day {a big commitment} and decided to take him in. Meet Walter:

 See, another upside. Walter is a cutie pie...well, you know, if you're into that sort of thing. 

 We had a lovely weekend with friends who visited and I had a nice long therapy session on Sunday in my garden. 

I hope you are all doing well, feeling healthy and finding the upside in everything.