So, oof. I'm sick. But the good news is, there's plenty of entertainment online today. My favorite diversion so far is the online quiz for Ben Rosenbaum's upcoming "Other Cities" chapbook. The stories themselves are fantastic--some of my favorite flash fiction ever--and the quiz is fun and silly and cool, with great free links to the stories themselves. So do it!

As I play online, Nika' s curled up on the couch beside me, sleeping. She's doing much, much better today, and I've decided (I think) that I was mostly being paranoid yesterday. Anyway, it's just great to have her back. Because I'm sick, I slept in this morning, well after Patrick left for work. When I finally woke up, Nika was sleeping snuggled up beside me, her nose half an inch from mine, her legs wrapped around my right arm, and her warm tummy wrapped around my hand.

It's good to have a dog.