My friend Alex has important visitors at his school today and I imagine it has been a day of tension, with another to follow tomorrow.

Perhaps Aeryn the rescue cat has tiptoed up to him for a quiet friendly moment, and perhaps she has helped him relax and prepare for what the next 18 hours will bring. 

Or maybe she has just been snoring near a radiator and has ignored him; one would be unwise to rely on a cat.