Most of my days are good, there's nothing super amazing happening most of the time but it's one day after another of things just doing well and not much to complain about. No news is good news, right?

That's why i really dislike bringing up bad news since i don't want to make it appear that things are going bad all the time when it's not.
I got home earlier to my place after the 4th of July BBQ at my parents place and a few hours later i get the message that one of the cats belonging to my parents just died. He didn't suffer and seemed to just sleep away but naturally the family over there did not take it well.
He was only 5 years old which is pretty short, even for a big cat like he was. This happens 3 weeks after my dog died so this summer seems like it's taking a turn for the worse.

Again, i want to make it clear that things on my end are normally great and that this is the odd things that happens but apart from getting a new dog (which kicked the bucket as stated above), there has not been much talk about. Seem like this summer is just going to be made of misery, even a couple of my friends are reporting losses on their end though mine is nowhere near what they went through

It's just not turning out well anywhere.