It was 8:00 last night. Nick was snoring on the couch. Sophie was across the room, snoring on her perch. It was such a cute picture with both of them on their backs, mouths open, completely checked out. Ever-so-slowly, I reached for the nearest camera…which just happened to be my phone.

Sophie's head shot up: movement! A human is awake to give me attention!

She's such a couch potato that I am surprised when she displays catlike reflexes. (I guess it's not really catlike since she actually is a cat…but, it's just so easy to forget.)

After a quick stretch, she leaped from her perch and galloped toward me to jump on my lap. This was the picture I got instead.