It's been a good thing Perrine is here. You're right. I commented offline to a couple of other people that having another intelligence in the house to interact with so I'm not really quite alone has helped get me out of the downward spiral of thoughts that it's so easy to fall into. And when I really wasn't up to coping with talking to people -- that not answering the phone or dealing with email thing -- I could handle communicating with a cat.
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The fact that she's so sweet didn't hurt.