A Tribute

Poor Tiger passed away two weeks ago, on July 19. I miss him a lot. It's sad to not hear his toenails clicking on the hardwood as he walks down the hall, or to see his head popping out from behind the curtains when I pull into the driveway. But I know it was time for him to go, he was pretty bad off the last couple of days. So ... I am not going to be sad anymore in this post but I wanted to put up a few pictures of him to remember the good times. Which probably qualifies me for crazy cat lady status, but screw it. It is almost impossible not to get really attached to a pet you've had for 15 years who kicks ass.


Tiger doesn't look too happy about playing in the snow.

He liked to sit on a chair and look out the window, and one day he decided that I make a nice chair and hopped on up while I was on the phone!

Doing his standing trick. Anything for food.

Just hanging out.

What are you looking at?

Update

Here is what I've been up to lately ...
1. Sitting on the beach for 2.5 days and actually feeling at peace
2. Working 10-15 hours a day, 6-7 days a week
3. Running - the peachtree (10K in about 57 minutes), and my longest run yet (10 miles in about 1:50). Currently hoping one of my toenails stays attached.
4. Feeding Tiger chicken and hoping he is not in pain as his days with us wind down :(
5. Hourly rate of thinking "I can't handle this any more": 1-2
6. Daily rate of thinking "I hate my life right now" and then immediately regretting it b/c I know I have it good - 1-2
7. Watching the tour de france and hoping people are actually racing clean this year
8. Not training for my triathlon on Sunday
9. Seeing Chris for an hour or two a day, max
10. Being so grateful for Chris and our/my friends who understand why I've been MIA lately or what it feels like to be a grad student
11. Teaching teachers about weather and climate
12. Heckling the gator fan in the teachers course
13. Writing an article about pollution during the Beijing Olympic Games for the AGU Newsletter
14. Making my defense presentation for the practice run on Monday
15. Turning in my thesis to my committee members!! (Saved the best for last) :) Counting down till August 4, 12 PM when I will be done.

Still at the dept, time for bed!