Yet another hiatus

All one of you who still read here - greetings! I am taking a break for a bit for a few reasons: one, I have a ton (almost literally, I would guess) of work to get done around here. My boss handed me a list this morning that is nothing short of daunting. Two, things are not going terribly well in my relationship, and that puts me in the mood to either get way too personal or to not write at all, so I'm opting for the latter for the time-being. I had posted in some detail about how I'm feeling about M. (and vice versa); I took it down because it felt wrong to have it out there. Too much rawness, too close-up and personal. To top it off, I'm stressed about a cat I rescued two days ago. He was hit by a car right out in front of the lab where I work; I took him to the veterinary hospital where I just started a part time job (I've only worked there a day; this is the second hit-by-car cat I've brought in, and it makes me feel a bit guilty - I think I need to reassure them that I don't go around doing this all the time). As it turns out, he has a tricky fracture of the distal femur - the vet I work for says he wouldn't want to do the surgery himself; he'd refer it. Which, of course, would be extremely expensive. I can't find the owner - the cat is a young (one or two years old), intact male; he's very friendly (didn't even attempt to bite me even when he was in terrible pain - aside from the broken leg, he's covered in road rash and one of his pads was torn off; I'm sure he's also contused as all get-out). He was wearing a flea collar, and he's been seen around the lab and the orchard quite often over the past few weeks. I'd actually petted him before myself - he's the sort of cat who throws himself down on his side in anticipatory pleasure when you approach to stroke his fur. He's a sweetheart. Problem: M. thinks I should have him euthanized. I disagree. Further problem: money. As in I don't have enough of it to really go the whole distance for this cat - it would literally wipe out the savings I have left to my name. M. has over 15 grand in savings of his own (garnered before we got together), but he won't be donating to the cause, such as it is. At this point, I need to sit down with the vet and see if there are any options open to me - can I do a payment plan? (which is a really, really crappy way to begin a new job - what a wonderful impression that would make) Would he or either of his associates be willing to do sort of a patch job on the leg, knowing that they wouldn't do it as well as a specialist? (again, not something I relish asking a new employer - "Hey, can you compromise your ethics for me even though we only met 3 weeks ago?") Even further problem: I also need to find this boy a home once he's fixed up. I can't take him in; I can't do that to my aging kitty. So - this is a pretty sucky quandry to find myself in, basically. No doubt it will cause further stress on my relationship with M., which is the absolute last thing it needs right now. Meh. So yeah, that's what's going on. Work, relationship, and outside stress. Such is life, I suppose. Take those moments of happiness when they come your way, folks! I will be trying to do the same. Over and out for a bit. Ta.