Sidetrack my engine and go home

[sovay]

I just heard a train go by in the night. I was listening to the right music for it. derspatchel took these pictures of me and Autolycus on Sunday. I love that sleek little cat so much.





Last night I finished my first story since February; it is the first thing of any kind I've written since July. I feel very badly tone-deaf toward my own work right now, but beta-reader results appear to be favorable. This is good. I don't suppose anyone knows any queer dark fantasy anthologies currently reading?

My birthday is on Friday. I've been having trouble all year remembering how old I am. This had better help.

Comments

[umadoshi]

Those are lovely photos. I'm glad you got to see the kitties! (I don't know the reason for being apart from them--not prying, just noting! ^^--but I hope you're able to see them again soon. I missed ours so much this past weekend, and we were only away from them for one full day.)

Hooray for new words, too!

[sovay]

I don't know the reason for being apart from them--not prying, just noting!

For reasons that are financial rather than emotional, my husband and I are living apart for the next couple of months, and his living situation was the one that could most easily accommodate the cats. My cousins already have two cats who are thirteen years old and in intermittently complicated health; it is not a big apartment and they were very unsure there would be room for all four cats, not without traumatizing at least one set and possibly both. derspatchel had an offer from a friend who lives by herself and likes cats without having any of her own, so she could give them the run of the house. This was therefore a much better deal for the cats, but not so hot for me. I really worry they will become less attached to me the less they see me on a daily basis and I miss them regardless. It's not like I can just run down the block, either. There's two hours on public transit between us. And I can talk on the phone with Rob, but the cats don't know from telecommunications.

Hooray for new words, too!

Thank you!

[umadoshi]

For reasons that are financial rather than emotional, my husband and I are living apart for the next couple of months, and his living situation was the one that could most easily accommodate the cats.

Oh, wow. That's hard in so many ways. *hugs* Back when I worked out of province for a few months, it was a choice, which obviously made it far, far easier, but it was still hard being away from my husband for that long (I saw him for a few one-week stints), and the phone was a lifesaver. We didn't have our cats then, and I can only imagine how difficult it'd be to be away from them that much. :(

On the off chance that it helps to hear anecdata, I've been away from our cats for up to two weeks at a stretch, and I missed them awfully, but they've been the same as always to me once I'm home, if perhaps a little clingy for a day or so. I hope the same is true with you and yours.

[sovay]

On the off chance that it helps to hear anecdata, I've been away from our cats for up to two weeks at a stretch, and I missed them awfully, but they've been the same as always to me once I'm home, if perhaps a little clingy for a day or so. I hope the same is true with you and yours.

I appreciate the anecdata. I just had a wonderful day with the cats, so I am hoping to be able to continue this pattern of visiting every few days for as long as necessary. They certainly seemed happy to see me today. Thank you.