it's going to be a hard week

It's time to put our dog Quincy to sleep. I'm generally practical about pets and veterinary care, but calling and making an appointment to euthanize the dog I've had longer than my driver's license? hard.

I think I made it thirty seconds into the call before I started blubbering.

The thing that sucks more than losing this dog (which I've come to view as closely intertwined with my youth) is that my kids are losing this dog. We went to the library and checked out all of their pet loss books. It's going to be a difficult week.