An odd sequence of cats

First I had to get a CAT scan of my head (over 2 years now of faint and dizzy spells).

Then my wife came home from her job all upset (hours cut back to almost nothing), so we went to go for a walk.  Usually walking helps.  Barely 4 houses up the road was a dead kitten in the road -- once a perky thing owned by a neighbor friend (whose son is still in the hospital after a major motorcycle accident) -- so we got to call her and ask what she wanted us to do ... not happy.

Then on the very next block, an abandoned cat we've been taking care of comes running over to say hi with its eye all puffed up and infected.  This poor cat was found with her eye actually blown out after the owner's house was gutted by a fire.  Long story.   Owners moved out, left the cat behind.  Nice cat though, orange tabby, didn't seem to care about her eye, she'd always see us walking and come over for hugs, I'd pick her up, she'd purr like crazy.  We didn't have room for a 5th cat in our house, but we fed her when we could.  A concerned neighbor took her to a vet as was told it's roughly $1,200 to fix the eye socket properly (more than anyone would sanely pay for someone else's cat).  Still, she had some bowls and people fed her ...

Then we were a block from 7-11 and thirsty but had only a dime between us.  So, that was the least therapeutic walk ever.

I mention this now, because I have more cat items:

The owners of the orange cat were said to have come to get her (finally!), though trying their best to dodge responsibility.  One can only assume the cat has been euthanized now, because humans (and/or fate) are just that cruel.

Oh, the CAT scan came back negative ... the natural joke would be "no brains detected."  Everything normal in there.  Still feel funky a few random hours per week.

On the up side, we just saw "Coraline" - an all-around beautiful piece of work where a stray cat helps save the day.  Wow, some of the backdrops and scenery are amazing, and the story is fun, too.

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2024 note: this was the intro to my newsletter Dark Windows #36, but since that since has been gone for years, I have added it to the flow of this blog.