June 23, 2008
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Sleeping Habits of The Sam
Sam sleeps wherever he wants to.
If Sam is sleeping, you need to go around. He moves for no one. If you try to move Sam while he is sleeping, you will hurt your back. I think it is like trying to move one of those lions from the front of the New York Public Library.
Sam snores occasionally. Usually only when he is sleeping next to Daddy, who also snores. The funny thing is, their snoring sounds identical! Woe is Mommy when she finds herself between the two!
Sam stretches out when he is sleeping. A lot. He may push you away. He has pushed Mommy to the edge of the bed before. He was sorry when Mommy fell onto the floor, but he didn’t help her up. As a matter of fact, he took over her side of the bed in less than twenty seconds. What? She wasn’t using it anymore!
Sam dreams. In what we call “The Good Dream”, Sam twitches and clutches his front paws to him, toward his mouth (kind of like when he catches a mousie), or he stretches out on his back (like someone trying to get a good tan) and gets the little “Happy Cat Smile”. When Sam is having what we call “The Bad Dream”, he curls up into a circle and whimpers a little… Mommy usually wakes him up when this happens, and rubs his belly until he falls back asleep, purring.
Sam will wake you up when it is time for you to wake up. If you wake up The Sam and he feels you (and he) need more sleep, he will hypnotize you. You will sleep.
If The Sam is hungry, he will stop at nothing to wake you up to feed him. You will be climbed upon, patted, poked at, swatted, drooled upon, and meowed at. He will wipe his nose across your eyelid. He will gum you (used to be “bite”) along the jaw line. He will comb your hair up off of your forehead and drool there. The whole time he is doing all of this, he will be purring. Loudly.
Sam loves a good sleep session… but he loves food more!
Comments (5)
Those dang cats that think they own the right to your sleep space! One of mine sleeps on my hip.
Your cat is a happy cat with free spirit. It’s good that the masters (parents) and the kitty are all living with no boundaries together. It’s nice to see that you couple are so loving your cat Sam. I can see that from the detailed history/biography you wrote for him.
I don’t mind the cats to sleep everywhere and I would be esp. happy if they would choose to sleep beside me, on my lap or my chest. Meowe is a shy cat but Meowgie just loves to climb on my shoulder with his hands around my neck….very adorable…like a human embracing you…yes, I felt like my heart is melting at that moment. The only thing which is a problem is all the furs that are left over always…So we actually forbid the cats to go up to our bed. My husband is more allergic to fur, so we agreed to this rule before we got married…before I got married and were still having my first cat Meowc (who died in 2006, so then we got Meowe in the same year and then Meowgie in 2007), I used to let my cat sleeping anywhere including my bed at night, too. But now we have kept our bedroom as the last spot to be spared from the touch of cat furs. At first, we felt quite heart-breaking to hear them cry and knock…but eventually, they are used to it in a few days and sleep on their beds in front of our bedroom. Every morning, our cats would knock on our door when they hear us awake. They would be so happy to jump into the room or onto our bed once we open the door. But then we would leave the room right away with them to play or feed them breakfeast. So that they won’t forget the rule that bedroom is not allowed for them. Anyway, I am always the one who breaks the rule in the house.
HEhhe, Sam’s got some personality! Such a biG cat!
haha! sounds like my 3 dogs! so cute i love it!
sleeeeep . . . . sleeeeep your eyes are getting very droooooopy. OMG, these are a riot.