Fate has a nasty habit of building you up. Then just as you start to have a pleasant, happy outlook on life it creeps up on you and gives you a massive kick in the nuts.
My wife, the spaniels and I spent a lovely week in the highlands last week and got home on Sunday. First thing Monday morning we picked the two cats up from their holiday home and brought them home. As it was my wife's birthday we went out for lunch and then off to a yoga class.
As we got home we spied two cars parked oddly in front of the house. As we went to see what was happening we noticed one of our neighbours in floods of tears and I knew exactly at once what had happened. My pal. My joy. My wee boy Hamish the tabby cat had been hit and killed by a car.
The two cars were not the ones that had hit him but they had seen what had a happened and stopped to see if there was anything that they could do for him. They knocked on a few doors and one of our neighbours recognised him and was going to take him in for us. It was just at that point we arrived home.
So the evening of my wife's birthday was spent digging a hole in the garden and laying the wee man to rest.
To say that I am devastated wouldn't cover it.
So, screw you Fate. You are one son of a bitch.
Euan
My wife, the spaniels and I spent a lovely week in the highlands last week and got home on Sunday. First thing Monday morning we picked the two cats up from their holiday home and brought them home. As it was my wife's birthday we went out for lunch and then off to a yoga class.
As we got home we spied two cars parked oddly in front of the house. As we went to see what was happening we noticed one of our neighbours in floods of tears and I knew exactly at once what had happened. My pal. My joy. My wee boy Hamish the tabby cat had been hit and killed by a car.
The two cars were not the ones that had hit him but they had seen what had a happened and stopped to see if there was anything that they could do for him. They knocked on a few doors and one of our neighbours recognised him and was going to take him in for us. It was just at that point we arrived home.
So the evening of my wife's birthday was spent digging a hole in the garden and laying the wee man to rest.
To say that I am devastated wouldn't cover it.
So, screw you Fate. You are one son of a bitch.
Euan