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A Lunchtime Nap Should Not Be A Hassle
Of course, it depends upon who shares your house
Napping after lunch is restorative, a ten to twenty-minute snooze is all my husband and I need. There should be ample space in a house with four beds — two queens, one king, and a twin, plus two full-length couches. What is the problem?
The operative word is “should,” and in a household without cats, the only issue would be selecting the bed or couch. We live with eight, yes, eight felines. Six are big creatures, and we all know cats spend most of their day snoozing. And where are they snoozing? Sprawled out on the beds and couches we wish to use for some shuteye. It is amazing how much space a large, sleeping cat can occupy, in the very spot we would use if it were not already taken.
Do we gently lift the slumbering creatures and move them to the foot of the bed? Do we shoo them off the beds? Not a chance. Asking our spoiled cats to move or leave their comfy beds means we will pay for our transgressions. The offended felines will wait for us to settle in on the very spots they vacated and then pounce. Bodies walk on us, drape over us, hard head butts and not so gentle paws pat our faces. It is far better for us to shoehorn or curl our bodies around their sleeping forms. It may not be comfortable as having the entire bed to ourselves, but it will mean a peaceful snooze.
Of course now and then we are fortunate to peer into a bedroom and discover a bed free of cats. Eureka! We move quickly to claim the space, rejoicing in the freedom to sprawl out ourselves. Having the entire bed to ourselves is a momentary pleasure. The cats appear, leaping onto the bed with delighted meows.
