What happens when I suddenly realise I have an editing deadline.

Yes, yes, I do schedule the deadlines myself. Somehow, they still sneak up on me.

No, contrary to popular Malamute belief, I don’t neglect Nighteyes while I’m deadlining (that’s a verb now. Means ‘working flat out to the exclusion of all other things to meet a tough deadline). He does still get walks and plenty of pats, just not as many as he’d like, because he’d like to be patted almost constantly, and that’s just not practical. Plus he’s 90% cat, which means he wants to want more pats, not actually receive them.