Dreaming of the General Lee

Last night, after a few hours of tossing and turning, I finally get to the point of Alpha waves. It was a nice sleep so far. I believe I was about to have a really funny dream because I had to pull myself from the General Lee that has worked it's way into my head.

She always does this. She sits up in bed and talks to me and tries to get me up. She wants to play. I roll over and look at my clock and see that it's at that time of night where everyone in their right mind should be sleeping . . . even those who have sleeping problems would be in bed by now. But she wants to wake up. She starts by making some cute noises. . . followed by some gentle biting and a little licking. The whole time I'm thinking, "can't we just make it through one night undisturbed?" Our time together hasn't reached a year and I'm beginning to wonder how much longer it will last if this keeps up.

(Wait a minute. . . doesn't her profile have the female box checked? Have I run into a blog about late night lesbian sex? Not quite.)

Meet my cat. Her name is Bailey. She was a Christmas present from my mother last year. She's precious in every way and I love her very much. But like all relationships, I am posed with the question, "Is love enough?" I don't know much about cats and their behavior, being a dog person all my life. When I come home from work, Bailey sits in front of wherever I am, looks at me, and proceeds to "meow" over and over again. I talk to her, pet her, try to play with her. Nothing. Still "meow". So I give up for awhile. It's not so annoying during the day, but in the middle of the night? Come on now! Who wants to be woken up by a small cat tongue across their forehead? How about the noise of a cat chewing on your hair? NOT ME! Does it make me a bad person that I don't want my cat to disturb me when I sleep? Or that I don't wake up at 3:30am to play with her? What is it that she wants? And for those of you who would suggest closing my bedroom door at night. . . nice try. Bailey ain't havin' it. The meows are loud enough to keep my neighbors up.

I must go for now and take a nap. I have come accustomed to napping during the day to make up for the disturbance at night. I just hope that Bo Duke will be there tonight, waiting for me to come back to the General Lee!