i felt a strong sense of foreboding, but i often do. sometimes i imagine something is going to happen and nothing does. maybe the thought acts as an amulet. but this time i felt a distinct foreboding about comet. then i guess i just let it slide to background and thought he would be ok staying with a. and with me on midday walks. the first night she said he was limping, but i didn't see it when i got him, and we went swimming. i thought the limp was just a little thing and the water would be good, and he was so excited and active the limp was imperceptible. or my perception was blurred. or i wanted everything to be ok, and hoped it would be. we both were so happy to be together. 

but he has a torn ligament, and i don't know how or when it happened but it happened before our first walk, and the rocks and swimming surely exacerbated it, and now i feel awful. i had the foreboding, but in the real situation i diminished it. there's a lesson in this. when we feel foreboding we need to think clearly and try to avert tragedy.