I woke up in the middle of a kidcat sandwich
It was about 1:30. One one side, Madoc was curled up and pressed tight against me. On the other Sian and Arthur had me 'penned in'. Gryff was across the room and who knows where Carys was sleeping. She's back to being semi reclusive. During the day she sits on the cat perch in the den and watches me. At night she disappears and sometimes doesn't even come out for treats.
Madoc often sleeps on the bed, a few inches away from me. Sian hasn't slept on the bed in quite a while. She'll snuggle and then take off. Arthur likes to sleep on the pillow, right above my head.
Not this morning. When I say I was in a kidcat vice grip, I'm not exaggerating. When I moved my hand, Sian reached out and pulled it right back and didn't let go. At one point, my other arm went numb.
I finally fell back to sleep a little after 3 until 5:30. I was alone and could MOVE. And, yes, I missed them.
Maybe this behavior is due to my seasonal/holiday depression and they are picking up on my whonky energy because during the day I can't sit down without 3 or 4 of them jumping up on my lap. Even Carys paid me a short visit, last night.
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And just want you to be okay. It's nice to have someone, especially cats, to be there when we need comfort.
I was just thinking yesterday that it's only three weeks till the solstice! Days start getting longer after that!
The Solstice as the real New Year's Day as well. I follow nature and its timing more than our human constructed time set. Solstice will be right between 1st quarter and full moon next month so it will be up early and rather bright.
I wonder if those who go missing in cold weather have a more desirable place to be during those times. I'm glad you have the babies indoors, didn't you get some snow this last few days? How are they doing?
Though changes come a couple days earlier.
I talked to Mikey's mom last week, she got a heating pad for his little cave that I made for him. He's around ten years old now so he will fare well with that when he has to wait to go in or just wants to warm up while he's out. He sleeps indoors at night when it's cold out. He has his little hidey holes in the house so he can get away from the Dachshund puppy who is a little terror. It will keep Mikey busy getting that little beast under control. Mikey is the pet boss after all.
I'll have to go visit them soon.
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As for the numbness, it just goes to show that part of you is asleep. 
I woke up about 3:00 with back spasms so got up for a dose of my medicine. While I was at it I put another log in the wood stove and tucked Molly’s blanket around her. Her bed is in a corner of the living room as close to the wood stove as it can be without catching fire. She’s there now, softly snoring and dreaming of meeting that cute dog down the mountain. The one with black fur like hers, both their faces and muzzles gone white with age. Or maybe chasing those 2 red dogs that live a little ways farther along down the mountain but run loose, stopping every morning to leave her some pee-mail at the end of the drive-way.
Woke up again about 6:00, so, our first walk was in the moonlight with plenty of stars still visible. It’s my favorite time of the day. Er, night? It’s quiet then and I can look up and drink deeply of the sky with maybe moon and stars and planets and the ISS and satellites. Or maybe the sky is windy, full of clouds or rain or snow. But I digress.
A friend once told me that “forever comes in pieces.”
Your kidcat& kitcat sandwiches are beautiful pieces of your forever. And fur-ever, too.
As always, many thanks for sharing with us these pieces of forever.
Peace Light Love
and Music 🕊💫🩵🎶 thatcrowwoman
Oh, the moon at Solstice will be 2 nights past a quarter moon, which actually looks like half the moon’s circle🌓
Preview follows.
Because music makes my word go ‘round.