44°F and partly cloudy this morning, got up to 61° here today. Some rain coming through overnight, followed by cooler air and 30s for Friday, then back up into the 50s for the weekend. Seems like an atypically warm February, which is usually our worst month for winter weather.
Wife got some terrible news yesterday, albeit not unexpected. Our oldest (14/yo) Border Collie, Evey, has been having some health problems lately. She's gotten sluggish and weak in the past couple of months, and mostly lays around all day. We had to get a lift strap to help her get up and down the stairs, and now she doesn't even bother going down there. Wife took her to the vet yesterday, who confirmed what she'd suspected for some time; the lump near her kidneys has spread to her spleen and is malignant. Told her she may have a week, two weeks, maybe a month. Euthanasia is the only cure. Gave her some pain medicine and said to let her eat whatever she wants and just enjoy the time with her, then bring her back when she's ready. Dawna is devastated.
Got a text message from my old boss this morning asking me to call him. Was hoping it wasn't to tell me his father had died. It wasn't. In fact, he asked me how my new job is going. When I told him it's fantastic, he sighed and said that's too bad. He said he wanted to ask me to come back. I politely declined, and encouraged him to keep looking, recounting my own hesitation to go there at first as well.
Hope everyone here is doing well, too.
Good evening, gents.
