Sleeping with Cats.

The cats sleep wherever they want. Sometimes that's on me.

The Hellions are fine, but occasionally Evilcat decides to sleep on me. Sometimes she suddenly gets offended and claws my face. That's a fun way to wake up.

Sometimes she doesn't seem to notice or care that I'm not Z.

And then we both wake up and come to the same realization at the same time.

Night Terror Marathon.

Z has the flu. When Z has a fever, he has far more night terrors than usual.

It's a really good thing that I am not at all creeped out by any of this, and also that I can go back to sleep immediately after being screamed awake.

I would love to know what was hanging out on our ceiling and chasing Z around that night, but when he was finally coherent he didn't remember anything.

I can't sleep.

Sometimes Tinydog has to pee at 4am. He lets me know by sitting on my head until I wake up and take him outside.

You know when something is wrong, but you're not awake enough to figure out what? I've had asthma attacks and reflux in my sleep, and I usually spend an hour or more trying to figure out why I can't sleep before I become conscious enough to realize what the problem is and how to fix it.

Sometimes it takes me well over an hour to realize there is a dog on my head. I sleep pretty deeply.