Someone up there is messing with me.   Seriously.  I don’t need drama in my life now.  I have enough, thank you very much!  (I really don’t but I wanted you all to feel sorry for me!)   You all know the story about Smiley the Hermit Crab.  If you don’t or need your memory refreshed check out my blog post on this day.    It was a miracle.  The neatest thing ever.  Smiley even left me an I love you message in the mint where I had banished his empty shell…or so I thought.

Today I came home to this:

I am pretty sure this is the end of the line for Smiley.  It looks like it, doesn’t it?  He left the comfort of his shell to bask in the now dried up water dish next to his beloved friend and cohort Spidey and never made it back to the shell.   I think it is final.  But at least he had 7 more days with Spidey who quite frankly is not moving at all and I suspect is going to be joining Smiley in the sandy beaches in the sky soon.  There will be no replacements.  My heart can only take so many losses and this is pushing it to the max right now.