I guess it's a slippery slope once you let your pets sleep on the bed at night. I'd somehow thought a full mattress was big enough for everyone. Yeah, right! Even when I was single -- and even with only the Siamese Twins choosing to sleep in the room at night -- somehow, at least one of the cats always wants to be exactly wherever I am.
It's almost preferable when the cat just takes over one of the pillows (a.k.a. "cat mattress"). Then, at least, you've contained the situation and have a sort of truce: "You take this pillow; I'll take that one." Otherwise, it's anyone's guess -- and you're really too busy sleeping to be guessing anything; the worst is when you wake up because you've accidentally bumped into something furry, and the next thing you know, there's a kicking and biting ambush happening where you're sure you once had feet.
When it's chilly at night, Nick and I get enlisted in Bread Duty for a Monster sandwich, like it or not. Really there's no winning, though, regardless of the weather -- because when it's warm at night there's a whole different problem to contend with: at least one cat stretched out in the most inconvenient place possible, leaving you shoved up against an expanse of unpleasantness that is the human body next to you.
It would be naive and simplistic to simply imagine that a bigger bed would solve anything. The truth is, no bed is big enough for a cat and human to share.
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