Having a pillow fight.
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Date: 04 November 2013 07:50:25
No...not one of these...
Instead I am starting to have a nightly pillow fight with Millie-the-cat. She is our "Diva Cat" - what Millie wants, Millie gets. We love her, but she is hard work.
Millie has decided that she likes my pillow:
and that it is a Good and Comfortable place to sleep. That's okay during the day, as I don't have need of it then. However night time is a different matter. I settle down to sleep, and turn out the light. Usually I drop off to sleep very quickly, but sometimes Millie arrives before I do. She pads quietly across the bed, and stretches herself along the top of the pillow, purring gently.
That's fine: in fact, the soft soporific purring of a contented cat is a lovely accompaniment to falling asleep. If only it stayed that way!
Regard the picture above. Is she stretched out? Exactly. At sometime during the night Millie decides she wants to curl up. In the centre of the pillow. Thus leaving very little room for my head. And in order to make sure she's really comfortable, Millie often feels the need to flex her claws and stretch her paws - into my scalp! We then have a fight for dominance, which sometimes she wins (if I can find a comfortable spot for my head at the edge of the pillow, and drop off again) or sometimes I win (when in desperation I push her off my pillow in the direction of Mr D)
We could shut her out of the bedroom - which would mean she sratched on the door, and the other cats (who are very good nighttime companions) would also be shut out. We could shut her in another room - which would entail nightly moving of litter trays etc etc. So in the end, she and I are going to continue our nightly pillow fights until she decides that she's had enough and she will find somewhere else to sleep.
Wonderful image from the talented Simon Tofield. See here for more