Being sick sucks. She had arrived at this conclusion after a lengthy empirical investigation, including a lot of sneezing. It would all end at some point – so everyone told her – but until then it would continue to suck. Something about getting worse before it got better

One of the changes brought about by this bout of sickness was that Pixel, resident cat and documented loner, had started to nap on her. At first, she had been too weak to lift him off, and now it was too late. She was his official napping spot

This is how things are now