My second mouse died within the last three hours. I've cried so much my head hurts, and I'm really thirsty. My nose is plugged too. I found her half an hour ago. I have to work in an hour. I have to pretend nothing bad happened or else I will cry in front of my coworkers. I have to act happy when I clean up after other peoples pets, and see them cry because they won't be with them for a few days.

I hurt inside. My last mouse hurts, you can see it in the way she holds herself and her eyes. We are both mourning on a day that people celebrate their mothers on. I'm afraid she will die of lonliness, after living all her life with two other mice by her side constantly.