When I saw the photos of Cozumel I noticed two things about my own appearance right off: the 25 pounds that I put on this year make me look fat and unattractive. Ok, I knew that already, but seeing myself in photographs just brought it home harder. Next- my eyes are drooping! The outer corners of my eyelids are falling right over my eyes. I can see them without looking in a mirror. They drop so low that they obscure my peripheral vision. Wonder if this is why people get 'eye-lifts'? Sad, but none of this made me cry. I am not that vain!

On my way over to my girlfriend's house a cat darted across the road right under my car. It came from the left side of the street and missed all but the right rear tire. It happened so fast that it was all very unavoidable. I watched the cat try to get up and it drag itself a few feet before it died. Horrible to watch! I never killed an animal before and it upset me so much that I burst into tears and started shaking.

I parked the car and went up to the door where it looked like the cat was headed. I picked the right house. I told them what happened and couldn't stop apologizing- or crying as if it had been a child. I am such a tender-hearted person that I am crying even now as I am writing this. That poor cat! Yes, there are such things as leash laws, but have you ever tried to put a leash on a cat? I cannot blame the owners, nor was I going to fast. Now I keep wondering if those damn eyelids kept me from seeing the cat sooner.