jaunthie | Of Autumn Colors and Sick Kitties

The leaves are changing, the light is changing, the season is changing. Coming across the lake to work this morning, the light (pre-dawn) and cloud conditions (overcast, but clear to the east) were *just* right to engender one of my favorite effects: the lake was a stunning combination of dark gun-metal grey and molten orange, all muddled together in the peaks and troughs of the ripples. Just gorgeous, and utterly unreal-looking, even though I've seen it several times before. It resembles lava in a way; the bright pops of glowing orange inbetween all the dark grey heaving masses.

That, and the eye-popping colors of the autumn leaves on the walk from the bus stop to my building, were welcome bits of cheer in what has already been a long, tough week. The M-cat is ill. We don't know with what. He was off late last week, got really sick Sunday night, and basically doesn't want to eat or drink anything. He's been to the vet three times in 48 hours, and will probably be making another return trip today, if only for more fluids. His liver levels are elevated, but there's nothing else notable. He's been running a temperature, and is on antibiotics, but it doesn't seem to be helping nearly as much as we'd like it to be. It's very difficult when you don't know what's wrong, the vets don't know what's wrong, and of course the kitty can't tell you, other than to act miserable and exhausted. Gah.

On top of that,

fisherbear's work continues to be insane, and my work is ramping up to insanity, and NaNo starts in less than a week.

Gah. I'm going to need all the autumn pretty I can get, if I'm to survive this week, much less the upcoming month.