In May, my grandmother passed away from Alzheimer's. I wrapped up my semester at Georgetown. Greg graduated from Georgetown and his and my families were in town. Mia participated in a cancer drug study, in which her tumor waxed and weened a bit but in the end the drug did not help. The vet told us trying Chemo would most likely kill her anyhow, so we decided to give her a few more months at home with us. We took her on her last road-trip to Birmingham, AL to see my sister-in-law. She loved it, although the trip was very difficult for her. Greg and I also decided to start working out regularly at this point. We purchased the Wii Fit and began weighing ourselves daily and watching more closely what we were eating.
During this time I was working on getting a contract job and also decided to write a Thesis for my final semester at Georgetown. I know what you are thinking--this woman is crazy.
June began with us traveling back to Washington, DC and spending time here with Mia. Taking daily walks and playing ball. We left the final weekend for a trip to Houston to see some dear friends of mine from Baylor and Washington, DC get married. We also got to stay with my ZTA sister Katie and see several friends.
In July, we traveled to LA for another wedding, this was the furthest West I have ever been. We enjoyed the beauty of the mountains and ocean side by side. Then I came home and traveled to New Orleans for the ZTA convention and when I landed there got a call from Greg that his grandfather had passed. I tried my best to enjoy the time I had in New Orleans--and came home a little earlier than expected from my trip.
This was yet another hard thing for us to face, as it had been two years since we had last seen his grandfather. This funeral took us on another trip, to Canada. His kind face and demeanor will be missed as well as his laugh. It was nice to meet a lot of Greg's family (many of which I had never expected to meet). Since we had visited Grand Falls, NB last summer, it was nice to go back.
When we returned Mia was having a difficult time breathing. She was having a hard time sleeping because the lymph-nodes in her throat had grown to the point they were keeping her from breathing. Earlier this week we had to put her to sleep. That was the hardest decision I have had to make as an adult.
Mia was such a part of our lives. She was always happy and loving, and all she wanted to was to play ball. Everyone loved her. She will be missed.
To say this summer has been hard would be an understatement. Grief has overcome me, and my body is barely hanging on right now.
