Flowers for Friday – more purple orchids
A little Girlie-girl story for the day
Ever since I came back from my trip to Minneapolis, the Girlie-girl has started a new little morning routine. Somewhere around 6:00 a.m. she comes up to lie by my pillow. Now, this is unusual for her, because normally she is strictly a foot-of-the-bed or between-your-legs kind of cat.
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um, does that sound bad? hmmm… well, I’ll leave it there for Friday laughs, that sort of thing.
Anyway, my alarm goes off (most days) at 6:25, I do one snooze, it goes off again at 6:32, and I roll out of bed at 6:33 or 6:34. (Bear with me, these times become important in a minute) So, since I’ve back from Minneapolis, when the alarm goes off at 6:25, she stands up and crawls up on my chest, which of course brings me full awake, because 20 lb of cat on your chest will do that, you know. And she lays with her head facing me, purring, purring, and purring.
I guess what used to be my snooze time is now officially her cuddle-time.
Which brings me to this morning, alarm clock is set for 6:25 (I think), she comes to lay up by my pillow somewhere around 6:00 (I didn’t look at the clock). At 6:15, I crack my eyes open enough to look at the clock and do one of those “oh good, I don’t have to get up quite yet, maybe I’ll just go back to sleep” things.
And here is the fascinating part. At precisely 6:32 she meows and wakes me up! The alarm never went off at 6:25, which meant that it also didn’t go off at 6:32. And if she hadn’t woken me up, I would’ve kept sleeping, missed my train, and been ‘late’ to work. (It turns out it was set for 6:25 p.m. instead of a.m.)
What a good Girlie-girl, extra cuddles for you tonight!
Now, she has woken me up a couple of other times when I’ve overslept, back before we started this little morning snooze/cuddle-time routine, but she’s been a few minutes off.
What I want to know is: can she really read the numbers on the clock? or is she just that good at judging the time with regards to sunrise?
Closet Metro says:
The parallels between your morining and my morning amused me.
My mornings are regulated by a Hello Kitty alarm clock in my daughter’s room. This morning my daughter came in my room and was bouncing on my bed. I opened one eye, looked at the clock, and saw that it was way too early. I asked her if her alarm went off, and she said no. I said GO AWAY!
(I am not a morning person.)
LadyBug says:
Pretty flowers, Danielle.
And what a good kitty. Give Girlie-Girl an extra scratch behind the ears for me.
Danielle says:
CM: Yes, the parallels are amusing. The Hello Kitty alarm clock… the attack on the bed. I’m grinning over it.
Ladybug: Thanks for the compliment on the pic.
Yeah, she is indeed a very good girl. When I scratch her head tonight, I’ll tell her that it is from you.
alektra says:
As someone who’s using orchids in her wedding, let me say your pictures are GORGEOUS.
Nienuh says:
Parrallels here too. Our cat is not allowed in our bedroom, because i’m supposedly allergic to it (but choose to ingnore that fact in the rest of our house). He ALWAYS starts mowing (is that how it’s called in english?)and scratching the door if i stay in bed for two snooze periods instead of one! And thereby forces me out of bed anyway.