Started out as a good day…

[erastes]

Thank you to the anonymous person who gifted me with a year of a paid account and extra user pics – it was very kind of you! :)

Frost Fair was reviewed over at Dark Divas and they really really liked it.

Cranford was lovely. Really lovely.  I must get the books now. Read other Gaskell’s but not those.

i’m blogging today at Jessewave’s Blog and talking about horses and how people need to understand that they aren’t cars, particularly in historicals. Even the biggest authors seem to make the most basic of mistakes there, sadly.

The day started well, apart from being ruddy cold – but it’s ended badly – Lucius didn’t get up to eat his dinner, and if anyone knows Lucius that’s a pretty drastic sign.  He did have a runny eye a day or two ago, but that’s been bathed and it seemed to be better.  Finally he got up at my urging and ate a mouthful or two –but he’s not putting any weight on one of his back legs. GOD knows what he’s done. I don’t want to maul him around and make him uncomfortable, so he’s curled up on a blanket in the warm.  There’s no blood, so I’m ASSUMING it’s a pulled muscle from leaping down from somewhere or something.  And typically, the vet is closed—and tomorrow, instead of the open house they have it’s appointment only, so I’ll have to get up early in order to get an appointment.  Is there some kind of animal rule that they pick the most awkward times to get ill? I’m sure he’ll be fine, but i’ll keep you posted, of course. Poor little sweetie.  No wonder he didn’t want to get off his chair, and he pathetically waited for me to pick him up and put him back on it. *worry worry worry worry *

Comments

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

Great review! :)

Hoping that Lucius is ok. Poor guy.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I was very happy. (although to be typically me, I was saying "if it's so good why did you knock half a mark off?" but then that's me. Never satisfied! :)

He's had some jabs and a lot of chicken, the vet thinks it's an infected cut, so he's being spoiled. As usual. Thanks!

if it's so good why did you knock half a mark off?"

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

Oddly, I thought the very same thing. According to the review, they liked *everything* about your book. Does the book have to do your dishes and tidy up your house to get full marks? Strange.

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Poor Lucius. I'm so sorry he's sick.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Better today, I think!

[leni-jess.livejournal.com]

If he has just strained a muscle jumping wrong, he should improve soon. Feed him on his warm spot? Maybe just a bit at a time?

I hope that's all it is!

Enjoy your other things, if you can!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

A cut, the vet thinks, so he's had some jabs and I'm to go back in the New Year if he's no better, but I think he'll be ok.

Thanks!

[schmoo999.livejournal.com]

Oh no. Poor Kitty. I hope he is ok. :(

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Vet thinks it's nothing too serious and charged me a fortune for kissing him and making him more big headed than he is already...

thanks, dear!

[schmoo999.livejournal.com]

But you have peace of mind that it is nothing serious and you don't have to worry:)

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

Great review! Congratulations :)

Cranford the series is actually (IMO) better than Cranford the book. The book is really a loose collection of short stories, and I didn't find them as poignant as the TV show.

I hope Lucius gets well soon and that it is just a sprain.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Thank you dear! Oh - I may avoid them then - I am enjoying the series.

He's a little subdued after his visit to the vet but I think he'll be ok..

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

Well, he's a cat, after all. Cats are obligated to pick the worst possible time to get sick, and if Lucius is doing the usual feline number on you, he'll be pitiful right up to the point that you take him into the vet's examining room. Then he'll be perfectly fine.

I hope the little bugger's okay.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

He was disgustingly well at the vet, as usual!

He's had some jabs and I'm to keep an eye on him.

Thanks, dear!

[joannesopercook.livejournal.com]

I hope he's alright! I'll keep a good thought for him, poor little lamb...

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Had jabs and I'm £40 poorer! Thanks, dear!

[jessewave.livejournal.com]

Great review Erastes. Most deserving.

Lucius does seem to do everything he can to get you going. However I hope he's OK. Don't you know that vets are like dentists - they are never around when you need one.