Coco in my dream

I dreamt of Coco's last night. We had an adventure together. He was in a little red cart and we were sliding down from this grassy hill. He was enjoying the breeze and and then he hopped down to go into a little burrow on the side of the hill. He went in there and grabbed a little black and white kitten out. There was also a brown tabby kitten that followed. The kitty mom came out and ran away, then another yellow cat came out. I think the yellow one was intruding upon the mother cat's hiding area, so Coco was trying to help the baby. I ran after all the cats, and eventually went home. When I got to my room, I looked at my bed and Coco was sleeping like usual. For some reason, at that point, I realized that I already had cremated him, so I ran to the bed and put my head on his stomach (which is something I usually liked to do. He's so soft and fluffy). He started to purr very loudly immediately. Coco would always purr the moment i touch him. I was so excited, and I kept petting him. At the same time, I knew it was a dream but i was hoping it wasn't so I tried to open my eye. I thought I might be petting another cat in my sleep thinking that Mewmew or Abby is Coco. I was thinking No, Coco's fur is longer than Mewmew and Abby is a lot fatter. This has to be Coco, but as I opened my eyes, he was disappearing and I was holding on to nothingness. T_T Yea.. it was a dream. It felt so real though. His fur was so soft. He was so warm. His purr was super loud and I felt like I was hugging him for a good one minute. *sob* If that was really his spirit, I wish he'd come and play with me every night.

Memory of Coco

My cat, Coco has been with me for 21 years. I love him more than anything in the world. 3 years ago, he was diagnosed with CRF (Kidney failure), so I have been giving him SubQ fluid injection almost everyday. Then he had hypertension, so I had to give blood pressure medication day and night. Eventually he became blind which really saddens me. He still seems happy despite all these conditions. We lived happily until this Labor Day weekend. He suddenly got sick again. I took him to the emergency hospital and he was there for 3 days. They think he might have some kind of bleeding in his GI track and the treatment didn't work. He also has a small tumor on his neck and something in his throat seemed to bother him whenever he eats. After 3 days on IV fluid and 2 blood transfusions, his numbers were still bad, so the doctor recommended that I put him down. I was very sad, but I really didn't want him to be in pain. At that moment, he was still hydrated and he just had blood transfusion, so he was ok.. he wouldn't last though because the blood count was still dropping. I took him home that night and we slept together for the last time. Then the next day I took him in. He was so floppy and weak. Up to the last minute on my lap, he'd still purred for me and gave me kisses. We were always together.
*I remember when he scratched my leg really badly. I stuck my leg out to protect a dog that he was about to attack, so he got my legs instead. Then he felt super bad and started to act extra cute to make it up. I was never mad at him. He's too cute. :)*
I took him to get a private individual cremation at S.O.P.H.I.E which was a beautiful place. I watched the whole process and made sure I got his ashes back with me. The whole ordeal is very hard, but I really couldn't have asked for a better ending. He didn't have a seizure, he wasn't in pain. He just slept beautifully. Everyone that took care of him were so kind and gentle. He looked beautiful before he went into the crematory as if he was gently sleeping in his usual curled up position. The nurse was kind. The old man that cremated him handled him so gently. I got to see everything from the beginning to the end.

It's been 2 weeks now and I'm still so sad. I won't ever forget him. He's forever my soulmate. Forever~~ *hugs his ashes*

3 days in the hospital. Look at his poor arms :(

Cardboard Coffin before cremation
Mewmew will miss his buddy.

Small World Exhibit @ Nucleus

Gary was bored so he called and asked if I wanted to go to the opening of "Small World Exhibit" at Nucleus Gallery in Alhambra. I think most of the artists from this show are current Disney concept artists. It's obviously heavily influenced by Mary Blair (she is the original designer of that ride), so it was super cute and colorful. I enjoyed the show :).


Of course we also had yummy food :p. We stopped by Noodle King this time. The dessert was at Dessert garden. I didn't like the dessert place as much, but Noodle King was pretty tasty :d.

Feathers in my hair

My mom is obviously more stylish than me lol. She came home one day with feathers in her hair. I've never seen that before. They were so pretty, so she told me to go get it done too.

... and I did :D

Zombie In Love @ Nucleus

Gary was bored so he called and asked if I wanted to go to the opening of "Small World Exhibit" at Nucleus Gallery in Alhambra. I think most of the artists from this show are current Disney concept artists. It's obviously heavily influenced by Mary Blair (she is the original designer of that ride), so it was super cute and colorful. I enjoyed the show :).


Of course we also had yummy food :p. We stopped by Noodle King this time. The dessert was at Dessert garden. I didn't like the dessert place as much, but Noodle King was pretty tasty :d.

Food Network/LA Times Picnic

It was an amazing event hosted by Giada from Food Network. The location was nice. The food were amazing. This was Picnic on the Hills hosted by L.A Times and Food Network gathering 30 amazing restaurants and 30 wine vendors together. All you can eat goodness :). I went with my mom. The thing that stood out for us was the Pitfire Artisan Pizza booth. We had the heirloom tomatoes with Burrata cheese pizza and it was probably the best pizza ever. We all agreed that it's better than Mozza Pizzaria by the the Iron Chef Mario Batali, so that's saying a lot. The guy that was making the pizza also said that he's heard that quite often :p.

Waffle de Liege had interesting waffles. They were made of dough, so the texture reminded me more of Roti than waffle.. I liked them. Ice Ice Shavie also had very good shaved ice. They tasted like they were made of real ingredients rather than artificial flavored syrup. I loved the orange one that I had. They also had a mojito flavor which James would probably love. Angelini, Inn of the seventh ray, The Counter, Pizza Antica, Fig & Olive, BLD, Sprinkles... they were all there.

I wish I have better pictures of this event, but the whole thing was a big blur because I got a call from the vet saying that my cat will need to be put down the next day because he didn't respond too well to the IV fluid and the blood transfusion. Despite the event being really amazing, we were just all too sad to stay and eat more, so we left to go pick up Coco from the vet.