[FTV] Nurse Cat

Shmoggleberry doesn't sleep on the bed, and has to be locked of the
sleeping area of the house (the house can be divided into "sleeping and
ablutions" and "living and cooking" areas) because of his 5am
wake-up-and-feed-me-NOW! howlings.

He has never shown any interest in sleeping on he bed, except once.

About 3 months after my sweetie and I decided to take the plunge and
co-habitate, I got a really bad 'flu and felt miserable. My eyes were
watering, I was sneezing, coughing and generally feeling like death
warmed up. Because of all the coughing, wheezing etc, I was having a
hard time sleeping, and I was also keeping my fiancee awake with all my
various symptoms. So with much reluctance, I decided to take myself into
the spare bedroom so at least one of us could get some quality sleeping
time in.

There I was, in the spare bed, feeling decidedly miserable, and horribly
lonely, as this was the first night since we'd moved into together that
we were sleeping apart. I was also having the problem of sleeping in an
unfamiliar bed. It was dark, and cold, and I could hear my fiancee's
relieved snorings from the bedroom. I wasn't very happy.

Then Shmoggleberry managed to break into Fort Knox (may as well call him
Houdini sometimes), jumped up onto the spare bed, and got under the
covers with me. He put his head onto my shoulder, licked my face a few
times, and purred me to sleep. He was still there when I woke up at 9am
(no 5am wake-up calls), and even let me go to the bathroom before
letting me know it was breakfast time.

He's never done it again, and still has no interest in sleeping on the
bed. And people wonder why we love cats!

Yowie wrote:

About 3 months after my sweetie and I decided to take the plunge and
co-habitate, I got a really bad 'flu and felt miserable...

[snip]

Then Shmoggleberry managed to break into Fort Knox (may as well call him
Houdini sometimes), jumped up onto the spare bed, and got under the
covers with me. He put his head onto my shoulder, licked my face a few
times, and purred me to sleep. He was still there when I woke up at 9am
(no 5am wake-up calls), and even let me go to the bathroom before
letting me know it was breakfast time.

He's never done it again, and still has no interest in sleeping on the
bed. And people wonder why we love cats!

Or why we call certain cats "Heart Cats". He knew just what you needed.
His putting his head on your shoulder like that is adorable!

What does FTV mean?

Joyce

--
Mother teach me to walk again
Milk and honey, so intoxicating
-- Sarah McLaughlin

wrote:

Yowie wrote:

About 3 months after my sweetie and I decided to take the plunge and
co-habitate, I got a really bad 'flu and felt miserable...

[snip]

Then Shmoggleberry managed to break into Fort Knox (may as well call him
Houdini sometimes), jumped up onto the spare bed, and got under the
covers with me. He put his head onto my shoulder, licked my face a few
times, and purred me to sleep. He was still there when I woke up at 9am
(no 5am wake-up calls), and even let me go to the bathroom before
letting me know it was breakfast time.

He's never done it again, and still has no interest in sleeping on the
bed. And people wonder why we love cats!

Or why we call certain cats "Heart Cats". He knew just what you needed.
His putting his head on your shoulder like that is adorable!

What does FTV mean?

Never mind! I read the other posts, after the fact...

--
Mother teach me to walk again
Milk and honey, so intoxicating
-- Sarah McLaughlin