Happy Caturday!
Sigh… we ended up having to take our cat – Noon (yes, there is a story there) – to the vet this morning. He had gotten a scratch/scrape/something the other day and it got infected. 
On Wednesday, he had come in the house, eaten, visited with us for awhile (like he usually does), and left again. No worries there, that is how he does things. Problem is, he didn’t come back until yesterday (Friday) afternoon. This was highly unusual… and he didn’t eat, didn’t do his normal stuff (like bug us for treats)… he just SLEPT. ALL NIGHT.
Well, last night our roommate called the vet and set up an appointment. We took him in this morning, fearing the worst. Fortunately, after the long night of rest, he seemed to be perkier and more like himself again. The vet did the normal “vet” stuff and gave him his shots (he was really good about it), gave us some antibiotics to give him, and sent us on our way. 🙂 She did tell us that we should watch him for the next few days and bring him in if he seemed to be getting worse again.
Ok, I told you that there was a story to go with his name – Noon. Well, my family and I moved here 6 years ago. Back then, we used to see this orange tabby cat running through the backyard, stopping to eat once in awhile when our landlord would leave food out. Eventually, we were able to get him to let us pet him. His name comes from the time of day that we would see him. There used to be another cat – a black one – who would come around after dark… I bet you can figure out what HIS name ended up being. lol Unfortunately, he died a couple of years ago. Sad :(.
Well, after about 2 weeks of just petting Noon, we got him to trust us enough to come inside to eat. At first, he was super skittish… and would run out at any sound. lol But, eventually, he settled down enough to stay around – and that time of staying around kept getting longer and longer. Now, he only goes outside to go to the bathroom, visit his girlfriend, or just do cat things.