oscar's new habit

Like many people, my bladder feels pretty full in the early morning, and I
struggle between the need to get up and go and the desire not to wake up. A
lot of times, I manage to keep myself asleep until the alarm rings.

Apparently, Oscar has other ideas.

I guess by morning, I've transitioned to sleeping on my back, and Oscar likes
to climb onto my belly (thankfully she doesn't jump!) and purr, knead, and
otherwise make herself comfortable. This would be delightful except for the
pressure on my bladder. I always allow her to stay for a few minutes, but
eventually it's unbearable and I have to get up.

Of course, no matter how gently I move, she jumps off the bed and never comes
back to knead and purr once I'm comfortable and ready to have her do such
things!

To add insult to injury, I recently found out that Oscar climbs onto Eric,
kneading and purring, when he goes to bed. This doesn't sound so bad, right?
In fact, I should be ecstatic, considering how long it took both of them to
get comfortable around each other. Oscar has always walked all over me in
bed, but for the longest time she wouldn't step on Eric. So all of this is
great, right? Except that when Eric goes to bed, he's burning up, and when I
go to bed, I'm freezing, and I'd just *love* to have a little bundle of fur
purring me to sleep while warming me up ...

Ah, well.

--
monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!*

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

Oscar likes
to climb onto my belly (thankfully she doesn't jump!) and purr,
knead, and
otherwise make herself comfortable. This would be delightful except
for the
pressure on my bladder. I always allow her to stay for a few
minutes, but
eventually it's unbearable and I have to get up.

Of course, no matter how gently I move, she jumps off the bed and
never comes
back to knead and purr once I'm comfortable and ready to have her do
such
things!


That kneading on a full bladder is tough, isn't it?

My problem is that I change positions 1000 times a night. This means
that D & M have to get up. Daisy will usually wait patiently, &
resettle after I have. But Moxie usually leaves the room, & often
doesn't come back. The colder it is, the more likely she is to come
back. ;o) And if I'm not settled & in the *correct* position when M
comes to bed for the first time, she leaves & may never come back.
Negative conditioning. She's a very good teacher.

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

Oscar likes
to climb onto my belly (thankfully she doesn't jump!) and purr,
knead, and
otherwise make herself comfortable. This would be delightful except
for the
pressure on my bladder. I always allow her to stay for a few
minutes, but
eventually it's unbearable and I have to get up.

Of course, no matter how gently I move, she jumps off the bed and
never comes
back to knead and purr once I'm comfortable and ready to have her do
such
things!


That kneading on a full bladder is tough, isn't it?

My problem is that I change positions 1000 times a night. This means
that D & M have to get up. Daisy will usually wait patiently, &
resettle after I have. But Moxie usually leaves the room, & often
doesn't come back. The colder it is, the more likely she is to come
back. ;o) And if I'm not settled & in the *correct* position when M
comes to bed for the first time, she leaves & may never come back.
Negative conditioning. She's a very good teacher.

Katz

On 2005-01-04, Katz penned:

That kneading on a full bladder is tough, isn't it?

Most definitely.

My problem is that I change positions 1000 times a night. This means that D
& M have to get up. Daisy will usually wait patiently, & resettle after I
have. But Moxie usually leaves the room, & often doesn't come back. The
colder it is, the more likely she is to come back. ;o) And if I'm not
settled & in the *correct* position when M comes to bed for the first time,
she leaves & may never come back. Negative conditioning. She's a very good
teacher.

I roll around a lot, too. Oscar's completely unpredictable. Some days she'll
snuggle up top, some days she'll sleep at the foot of the bed (I tend to have
my legs curled up, so that doesn't bother her), some days she's nowhere to be
found and some days (thankfully few) she absolutely *has* to be in the
bedroom, playing and making crinkling noises, while we're trying to sleep.
Some days she'll run off the instant I move; others she's stuck like glue.
Who knows?

--
monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!*

"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
...
snip

I guess by morning, I've transitioned to sleeping on my back, and Oscar
likes
to climb onto my belly (thankfully she doesn't jump!) and purr, knead, and
otherwise make herself comfortable. This would be delightful except for
the
pressure on my bladder. I always allow her to stay for a few minutes, but
eventually it's unbearable and I have to get up.

Of course, no matter how gently I move, she jumps off the bed and never
comes
back to knead and purr once I'm comfortable and ready to have her do such
things!
snip

Chablis & Muscat will sleep on the bed around my knees. But once there's
light in the sky, coming through the window, they feel it's time to be fed.
They tag-team me. One will climb up around my head & start purring &
grooming in such a way as to brush their whiskers across my nose. When I
roll over & cover my head with a blanket, the other will come & stand on my
skull. If I shoo them both away, I get about 5 min respite & then the
routine starts all over again. The instant I make any large movement under
the blankets they both jump down & stand in the bedroom door looking at me &
meowing. Clever little punks.

--
Mathew
Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat
En Vino Veritas

"Katz" wrote in message
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Monique Y. Mudama wrote:

Oscar likes
to climb onto my belly (thankfully she doesn't jump!) and purr,
knead, and
otherwise make herself comfortable. This would be delightful
except
for the
pressure on my bladder. I always allow her to stay for a few
minutes, but
eventually it's unbearable and I have to get up.

Of course, no matter how gently I move, she jumps off the bed and
never comes
back to knead and purr once I'm comfortable and ready to have her
do
such
things!


That kneading on a full bladder is tough, isn't it?

My problem is that I change positions 1000 times a night. This means
that D & M have to get up. Daisy will usually wait patiently, &
resettle after I have. But Moxie usually leaves the room, & often
doesn't come back. The colder it is, the more likely she is to
come
back. ;o) And if I'm not settled & in the *correct* position when M
comes to bed for the first time, she leaves & may never come back.
Negative conditioning. She's a very good teacher.

I change positions constantly too. But Vino sleeps next to my pillow,
so he doesn't get disturbed.
He used to sleep between Dennis and my pillows, but in the last few
months, he's told me that when Dennis is away, I must sleep in the
middle of the bed and move my pillow closer to the middle so that he
can sleep on the outside. Of course I obeyed...;-)