Interesting morning

Bisquit wasn't happy that I had to make the bed this morning; she always lays on Gabe's side of the bed after he gets up for work, if she doesn't pounce on him to wake him up. I'm trying to put on a brave face and pretend that text didn't bother me at all but doubt he's buying it; he knows me too well and my face tends to give everything away. I haven't gotten any other messages and truly hope I don't. I finally got a hold of Mom's cousin in California; she's alright but had to evacuate and might not have a home to go back to. I can't imagine how she must feel; out house isn't much but I would be devastated to lose it. There have been times after particularly terrible floods when Gabe saw people lose everything and he said it's terrible; there's nothing he can do and these people had to watch their entire lives be swept away. I love that he has such empathy; one of his absolute best qualties. I talked to my aunt in Austria this morning too; I worry if I don't hear from her. She seems to be feeling better, regaining her strength and some of the weight she lost because of the chemo. I really just wanted to know she was alright. I need to take Mochi for a walk but wanted to wait until it was above freezing for bth our sakes. I mentioned we saw our neighbor being taken away in the ambulance; she didn't make it, unfortunately. She was kind to us from the day I moved in with him and never gave us any shit for being " the weird couple" on the block. I'm worried about Gabe even more now though; he hasn't slpet more than 8 hours all weekend and has to be back at 4:00 am tomorrow. I don't want another round of why he has to do this so I didn't press him; he's already stressed out and exhausted and it isn't my job to make that worse. I guess that's it for now.