Patrick Cleary

And she'd be like, and she'd walk away.

It made her feel good.

It made her feel dangerous.

Now, because Rita was 17 years old, she only lasted eight more years.

She went, and we went through a lot together.

I went through a really hard time.

Not only had I gone through HIV with a lot of medications that didn't work out for me, I also had lost my house, I had lost my job, I had lost my car.

She was with me the whole time, just pretending to scratch the furniture and throwing up on it.

It worked out really well.

But eventually, it was her time.

And I was in a much better place.

And so I did have to make the decision to put her down after reaching 25.

I mean, that's 630 in human years I would want to go to.

But she did teach me a number of lessons.

One is that if anybody ever tells you, can you take my cat for a few days, you own a cat.

The second is if someone wants to feel dangerous, just let them.

And the third is if you are going to feel like a badass and throw up, be a lady and warn people about it.

Thank you.