110/514 Good Things

There's a lot of garbage going on in the world right now. It's scary, it's draining, it's just too much, sometimes. But my 18ish year old cat has been doing poorly lately. She had a cold, and then her arthritis in her back leg kicked in after a long absence. I thought it was nearly time to put her down, for her own sake. She moved herself into one corner of the apartment for the last few weeks and I moved her cat box, water, and food there too, to make her more comfortable. She took to it quite nicely. Tonight, for the first time in nearly a month, she has walked across the apartment and jumped up on my sister's chair. It's the most movement she's made in quite some time and was rather impressive for her advanced age. Then I picked her up and took her to my desk where she tried to drink out of my water glass and pouted when I took it away. But she settled in under the lamp light and just sat next to me. She's old, and she probably doesn't have much time left, but for tonight, for this moment, she's doing ok. And I am happy. And that, is today's good thing...