Samantha's Downward Spiral of a Day

I shouldn't even be writing this, but I so cannot help myself. It's like watching a train wreck, but not being able to stop it. My daughter, my sad, sad, Sam. She has had it quite hard lately. I'm not sure where to begin, so I'll start with her hamster, Cho Chi. We all remember him right? Poor little guy keeled over in the cage....so sad, but true. He's now buried in my back yard.....Then Sam's luck really took a turn for the worse when her best friend, Chloe moved to Florida. I mean, really, how much can a kid take right????? As if it's bad enough the girl moves, now she cannot even call her to give her an address update. It's been devastating. Somehow she has survived.

So then comes today. An ordinary day or so it seemed. She woke up, she went to school. She came home and played Barbie Dolls with her cousin, Lacey. Life was good. Then started the downward chain of events. I told her to clean her room because the Terminex "bug" guy was coming (black ant season). Now to any other kid, this would probably mean NOTHING. But to Sam, it is everything! The first time she met Charlie, our regular bug "guy" she was totally smitten. The guy killed the spiders in her room and stuck them in his pocket. This guy was a god!!!! He told her all about spiders and how great they were and how they got other bugs. Well, I had to break the news today that Charlie the Bug Guy, her so-called "boyfriend" of 3 years now, has gone to work for the post office and will no longer be killing her bugs for her. Of course she was sad at first, then I could see the wheels turning as she asked what the new guy "Mike Crispy" (I swear this is really his name) was like. It wasn't long until she was devastated yet again and really upset about Charlie. But the Barbie Dolls called yet again and she forgot...or so it seemed.

So here my baby girl is getting ready for bed when she realized something important. She forgot to feed her fish. She loves this fish! She got him from her cousin, Cortney for her birthday last year. So she gets up, taps the bowl....and.....comes out hysterical. Her fish "Waffle" is not responding to her. She's banging the bowl and he's not coming for his food. She's in a panic. I figured the poor thing was scared for his life and hanging out down at the bottom of the rocks....until she said "Oh my God he is upside down and his eyes are shut".....like this (and went on to demonstrate the poor fish's face)....poor Waffle has joined Cho Chi in pet heaven. So here are a few photos of Poor Samma crying on her cousin, Lacey's shoulder after the funeral of Waffle (photo also attached) and of course, a photo of poor Waffle moments after his death.

Let's all close our eyes and fold our hands in prayer for Cho-Chi the hamster, Waffle the fish, Charlie the bug guy and his new occupation (she now wants him to deliver our mail and has cried out that he please, never forget her) and for my sanity. Yeah, let's please pray for my sanity..........It's been a long, long, day. And now tomorrow I have to get up, and go to the darned pet store. So let's pray for her new pet I promised her- let's hope he lasts. She says whatever she gets, she's naming it "Lucky"....this should be a hoot. I'll keep you all updated...thanks for your prayers. And if you are reading this Chloe, give us a call would ya!