Buprenorphine and A Scent with My Boyfriend's Name

This week, I am grateful for many things. First and foremost, my family.

My sister: Saturday afternoon she spent 5 hours of her free time (which she never gets) back that the hospital helping my poor Ollie cat when she was sick. Throughout this week, even after her 13 hour days that begin at 5 a.m. and don't end until 7 or 8 p.m. that night, she has helped me feed and fluid and poke and scoop and everything else so that I might save some money and time with Ollie being sick.

Her husband, my brother-in-law, Will: He has helped me in so many ways, namely by keeping Lindsay sane, but also through coming to my work or going by and checking on Ollie. I'm so grateful that my big sister decided to take his name and be with him. He's such a great person.

My aunts and grandparents: For letting me bring Ollie with me to Mama Liz and Papa Joe's house last weekend while she was sick. Even though Cricket, the dachshund was not happy about that.

Grateful, also, to have a job that brings me to happy, heartfelt tears all of the time.

Here are a few photos from this week that I snapped.

W# -- Ollie is feeling well enough to plop her butt on my computer keyboard :)

Lastly, I am grateful that I have a wonderful sense of smell and can fully appreciate the scent of "Noel" made my Crabtree and Evelyn. Smells like DECEMBER!

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