well folks, mark the date on your calendars. November 12, 2001, may Cricket rest in peace.

she was in even worse shape yesterday morning, I wasn't very hopeful but figured we'd let the vet have the last say... and she recommended that to spare any unnecessary suffering, we put Cricket down. and so we did. it was the first pet jayna had ever really had die, and she took it a lot harder than I had expected she would.

as a favor, i would appreciate if those of my friends here at work did not talk about this with me for the next few days, I'd like to avoid breaking down in tears here in my cube.