The emancipation of Mimi-san
At the end of this entry I was kind of angry with Continental for screwing my flight up, but I never mentioned what happened after the canceled flight: My mom said that when she got back from work she found my cat Mimi in the closet asleep on top of my robe, and that she looked so sad, like she had been crying since I left that morning. I came back from the airport and happily spent the rest of the day with her, then said goodbye to her in the morning. It was the last time I ever saw her :(

I've been really depressed since I found out she passed away. I had recently purchased an expensive plane ticket for Christmas, but now I don't even feel like going anymore. It's not that she died that saddens me the most, but rather the fact that she suffered so much and I wasn't there to care for her in her last days.

Anyway, the main reason I wrote this entry is to acknowledge that sometimes things like a canceled flight are really a blessing in disguise. Those extra few hours with Mimi mean the world to me now.