a note to my freinds

I can't believe that I am actually and finally feeling better. The last nine days were filled with coughing, sneezing, sleeping, coughing, sweating, sleeping - you get the picture. During this time I thought about a lot of things - most of them unimportant - however this one thought kept haunting me. If I were to die, how long would it take before someone became suspicious and found my body. I never worried about this before because I always had someone in my life - a friend or fella - who I spoke to daily and so if a day went by when there was no contact a red flag went up. I realize that although I have many friends in my life that I don't have that daily contact with any one person. I am not afraid of dying but I have Lily now and the idea of her being alone until someone found my body is terribly upsetting. I told this to my friend and neighbour Katy and, God love her, she has called me several times since to see how I was feeling. I'm sure she thinks I'm crazy but I need to know that someone will be on top of this so if I were to die suddenly that someone would find Lily and take care of her and find my body before I start to decompose and smell too badly.