first, thank you to everyone who reminded me that it wasn't my fault the cat drank the chlorinated pool water and dropped dead.
the words helped.
but...

i go out this morning to finally deal with the cat (just couldn't face it yesterday) only to find a gasket on the pool burst and the pool water had now flooded the yard and the pool is like empty of water and now the pool guys have to come out to fix the pump.

so i'm thinking that maybe karma thought i had something to do with the cat dying and balanced the scales by breaking the pool.

i'm off to help some old ladies cross the street or something; need to get some good karma credit...