I'm awake and already sent an email essay to a friend, so I figure this is semi-constructive. Certainly more constructive than the "help" of the two felines in the photo. Note: Before you blame the pile of laundry in my bed for my inability to sleep, I'll tell you this picture is several months old. There is NO laundry in the bed right now.
I'm actually fretting a little about The Princess. She is 15 1/2, and we had a bumpy health patch this summer that she pulled through just fine. Over the last couple of weeks, though, I've been feeling like she's deteriorating a bit and this weekend has been awful for her. I don't think she's eating much, she's acting like she doesn't feel well at all, and she wouldn't drink fresh water when I put some down for her about an hour ago. She looked at it, she batted it a little with her paw, but she only took a couple of small laps from it. In the morning I'll call Aunt Kate (our vet) and get an appointment for this week so we can try to sort through if this is fixable or not. I just can't bring myself to watch her suffer in any way; she's been too loyal of a friend for too many years.
Fortunately, her younger sibling has been a complete lap cat this weekend, which makes me all the more suspicious that HE thinks something is up with her and I need extra feline affection. When I couldn't sleep he was snuggled up with me in bed (in his usual fashion), and while I've been up for the last hour or so he's been with me the entire time- including more lap time. The fact that I, as an emotional/ intuitive person, am worried about Cassi combined with Tucker's behavior makes me even more concerned. For those wondering why, kitties tend to be emotional/ intuitive. He is amazingly so.
I'm going to try to go back to bed for a while, see if I can turn my brain off for a bit longer. Otherwise I suspect Monday could get kinda long and I am on call tonight.
