Mama Kat Thursday: Morning Ritual
The Mama Kat Challenge today is to: " Write a 12 line post." Morning Ritual She presses her damp nose against my eyelid, purring loudly. Somehow she's figured out "eyes open" equals "awake." If I don't respond, she throws herself above my head on the pillow and starts rubbing her head back and forth against mine, still purring loudly. If that doesn't work, she leaps off the bed, thunders down the hall, then back again, landing on me just long enough to launch herself off the bed again. When that fails, she takes a delicate paw and tries to tap my face. I cover my face with a pillow. If any fingers are sticking out she'll lick them and give them a little nibble, forcing me to suck them back under the covers. Sometimes, when all else fails, she'll post herself at the far end of the house in a hallway where she can echo and wail her plight as a starving waif. Finally, it's time to get up and she pran...