You guys know that I was super anxious and superstitious during pregnancy, right? Well, I still totally am.
Right, so. I have this friend E. E has adorable 15 month old twins, and I am the godmother to one of them. Every time E comes to visit something horrible happens:
- May 2009 – E and her husband come to visit for a week. The husband gets laid off while they are here.
- November 2009 – E plans a visit while in town for work. The day she is set to arrive, I go to the doctor and find out that my third pregnancy had ended three weeks prior, at 12 weeks. She came anyway and it was awful because she was 19 weeks pregnant with the twins and I could not deal. (Note: she offered not to come, I insisted.)
- Memorial Day weekend 2011 – E, her husband and the twins make plans to come. Henry is hospitalized and the trip is shelved.
Shelved until this weekend. I did not want them come. I can’t help but see a pattern in their visits – every time they (well, E, specifically) come to visit, something horrible happens or threatens to happen. I asked the husband if we could find a reason to go to visit them instead. I worried that this time something would happen to one of the dogs.
And on Wednesday we found some lumps on Roxie’s neck, and we just went to the vet and found out she has cancer.
My poor husband. He loves that dog so much. I love her, too, but they have a really special bond. I feel terrible for him, and for her. And sad. We’re planning to do chemo or whatever it makes sense to do to give her as much time as possible, as long as it’s good time, but it sounds like we’re talking 6 months or so.
I know this is just a stupid coincidence and I’m being superstitious. I know that. But E is not coming to visit again. We’ll go to them or meet up somewhere in between from now on.
That sucks. I’m sorry. Both about Roxie and that all those bad things have coincided with E. Ugh.
(WHAT CUTENESS though!)
I don’t blame you – I’d be freaked out about that many coincidences, too. And I’m so sorry to hear about your dog. I hope the chemo is able to give you many more months with her.
I’m so sorry to hear that about your dog. So sad. I hope they’re wrong about the 6 months thing.
Your friend visits do sound like disasters! And Henry is looking utterly adorable.
Oh no! Sincerely sorry about your doggie. I had a rough final couple of years with my last dog, who passed away a year and a half ago… It’s so hard to watch them suffer and to know if you’re doing the best thing for them.
Um, that is crazy!
So sorry about your dog. We have an old, sick dog, and two cats. We’d do anything for them too.
Cute pouty photo
Wow. Superstitious or not, reversing the direction of the visits does sound like the right idea. And i want to add my condolences about the dog, also. I hope you and your husband are able to spend all the time left just loving her… And also, i can never get over how freaking adorable Henry is.
whoa, what a crazy track record she has for coming to visit…I would be getting superstitious too.
So sorry to hear about your dog
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