[@Silver Fox]
Oh. That's what happened.
I know what you must've been feeling. We put down our 14 year old dog a few years ago...I got to hold him as they did it. Then I lost my grandmother like three days later. Still went out and played in the hockey grand final we managed to make it to and we lost that just to really add some extra hurt into that week (though that was the least of my problems)
All in the days leading up to my birthday. Yay. My parents then tried everything they could to avoid putting the funeral ON my birthday. Not that it mattered in the end as I didn't go to my grandmothers funeral as I was away for school hockey (I made the decision to go regardless). Not that I would've wanted to go to one the day after my birthday anyway. So spent my birthday losing the school hockey finals :P
Still finished 7th in the state but all in all was a very crappy first two weeks of September. The very next year lost my great aunt around that some time -_-' (My family now hates September and calls it cursed, to which I give them a brief response of fuck you too :P)
Crap things always seem to come at once just to kick you while you're down, but all you have to do is get back up, dust yourself off and come back stronger for it. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger after all.
Hardships are part and parcel with life. How you deal with them makes you who you are. I reckon you'll be fine by the end of all this, just gotta keep fighting mate :D

[s]My god words of wisdom from me? what is the world coming to![/s]