going on vacation until friday. i took zeke over to my parents’ house today, and when i got home the place seemed strangely empty without the cat thundering up and down the hallway, and the emtpy spot when his cat tree normally sits gave me that panicky feeling i mostly associate with moving. the impending move to chicago is beginning to loom; i swing between periods of excitement and the usual anxiety. i just want to stop moving for a while.