Get off my head!!

Most of you know I have trouble sleeping soundly under the best of
circumstances. Last night I must have been exhausted because I fell asleep
on the sofa. Persia was snuggled next to me and it's nice to sleep with her
curled into me.

Except after an hour or so, she got restless. She wouldn't get down. She
just kept moving around. She moved to the arm of the sofa, but that wasn't
close enough. So she leaned over and started kneading my head, which of
course woke me up. I tried to encourage her to get back down next to me but
she wouldn't. As soon as I drifted off again, she started kneading my head
again. Persia, please stop that. She ceased, for a moment. Then I felt
her ease her fluffy self down onto the pillow, trying to sit on the top of
my head. Persia! Please!

I still didn't have the wherewithall to get up and move to the bed. She had
settled back on the arm of the sofa. I went back to sleep. Then I felt her
creeping back down again. This time, though, she only shifted half of her
body. She gave me a couple of little licks on the face and purred in my
ear. A moment later I felt her lay her head on my chest. How sweet! That
didn't last long, though. She just wouldn't settle down long enough to let
me get back to sleep.

I finally had to force myself to get up and go to my bedroom. And the
little minx settled down on my spot on the sofa.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
Most of you know I have trouble sleeping soundly under the best of
circumstances. Last night I must have been exhausted because I fell
asleep on the sofa. Persia was snuggled next to me and it's nice to
sleep with her curled into me.

Except after an hour or so, she got restless. She wouldn't get down.
She just kept moving around. She moved to the arm of the sofa, but
that wasn't close enough. So she leaned over and started kneading my
head, which of course woke me up. I tried to encourage her to get
back down next to me but she wouldn't. As soon as I drifted off
again, she started kneading my head again. Persia, please stop that.
She ceased, for a moment. Then I felt her ease her fluffy self down
onto the pillow, trying to sit on the top of my head. Persia!
Please!

I still didn't have the wherewithall to get up and move to the bed.
She had settled back on the arm of the sofa. I went back to sleep.
Then I felt her creeping back down again. This time, though, she
only shifted half of her body. She gave me a couple of little licks
on the face and purred in my ear. A moment later I felt her lay her
head on my chest. How sweet! That didn't last long, though. She
just wouldn't settle down long enough to let me get back to sleep.

I finally had to force myself to get up and go to my bedroom. And the
little minx settled down on my spot on the sofa.

Jill

Obviously you were in _her_ spot on the sofa. ;o)
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Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
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Adrian A wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
Most of you know I have trouble sleeping soundly under the best of
circumstances. Last night I must have been exhausted because I fell
asleep on the sofa. Persia was snuggled next to me and it's nice to
sleep with her curled into me.

Except after an hour or so, she got restless. She wouldn't get down.
She just kept moving around. She moved to the arm of the sofa, but
that wasn't close enough. So she leaned over and started kneading my
head, which of course woke me up. I tried to encourage her to get
back down next to me but she wouldn't. As soon as I drifted off
again, she started kneading my head again. Persia, please stop that.
She ceased, for a moment. Then I felt her ease her fluffy self down
onto the pillow, trying to sit on the top of my head. Persia!
Please!

I finally had to force myself to get up and go to my bedroom. And
the little minx settled down on my spot on the sofa.

Jill

Obviously you were in _her_ spot on the sofa. ;o)

How would she like it if I curled up on *her* spot in the closet? LOL

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:40:21 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

Most of you know I have trouble sleeping soundly under the best of
circumstances. Last night I must have been exhausted because I fell asleep
on the sofa. Persia was snuggled next to me and it's nice to sleep with her
curled into me.

Except after an hour or so, she got restless. She wouldn't get down. She
just kept moving around. She moved to the arm of the sofa, but that wasn't
close enough. So she leaned over and started kneading my head, which of
course woke me up. I tried to encourage her to get back down next to me but
she wouldn't. As soon as I drifted off again, she started kneading my head
again. Persia, please stop that. She ceased, for a moment. Then I felt
her ease her fluffy self down onto the pillow, trying to sit on the top of
my head. Persia! Please!

I still didn't have the wherewithall to get up and move to the bed. She had
settled back on the arm of the sofa. I went back to sleep. Then I felt her
creeping back down again. This time, though, she only shifted half of her
body. She gave me a couple of little licks on the face and purred in my
ear. A moment later I felt her lay her head on my chest. How sweet! That
didn't last long, though. She just wouldn't settle down long enough to let
me get back to sleep.

I finally had to force myself to get up and go to my bedroom. And the
little minx settled down on my spot on the sofa.

Jill

Ah, now we know the secret. You were sleeping in her desired sleeping
spot. On one visit to my sister, years ago, I spent the entire night with
a kitten asleep on top of me, since I was on his favorite couch. Whenever
I was about to change position, I would lift him off of me. Once I
stopped moving, he would climb back into place and curl up again.

--
John F. Eldredge --
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria