So THIS is what it's like

I remember one summer when I was a kid and I went with my mom to visit a friend of hers who lived a couple of hours away. This friend had a very pregnant cat who would spend her days laying on her side in the shade on the cool concrete slab outside the back door, her enormous belly spilling out from under her. Every time she moved ever so slightly, whether it be just moving a paw to scratch her forehead or dragging her swollen body a couple of feet to use her litterbox or drink some water, she would meow in agony. A truly pitiful sight to see indeed. And that, my friends, is exactly how I am feeling now.

Or, if you need some sort of visual to help you imagine how I feel, I feel something like this: