The Twenty-Six Pound Alarm Clock
“Please don't wake me, no
Don't shake me
Leave me where I am
I'm only sleeping…”
--John Lennon of The Beatles, The White Album, “I’m Only Sleeping,” 1968.
Chumley has annoying little habit.
He has now taken to waking me every morning at 5:30, followed by further wake-up calls at 6:00, 6:30, 7:00 and so on until 8:00, in which he feels the need to sleep.
One might think he wants to play. I say "Nope."
He may want to snuggle. I say "Nope."
He may be bored. I say "Nope."
Here is what he wants: the bugger is hungry, even though there is food in his bowl.
I fed him the other night before I went to sleep, and his routine is that he wants to have “fresh kibbles” at 5:30 AM.
He starts by “licking” my arm, which if ignore, he "climbs" on things and disrupts life. Saturday, he climbed on the dresser and knocked pill bottles off and batted them about on the floor. Then, a half hour later, he moved to the small chest by the bed and knocked a magazine on the floor. Then, fifteen minutes later, he moved to climbing on my head.
What a Chumley.
I thought I would cure this aversion to letting me sleep by adding fresh food nightly, but apparently by 5:30 AM, the food is no longer fresh.
When I stir, he hops (yes, that is correct, a twenty-six pound cat hops) as he turns and runs to the stairs and climbs down. He purrs the entire way to the food bowl. I put in a small amount of dry food, and he purrs like I have never heard a cat purr, and then eats, wanders about as only Chumleys can do. Then cashes out on the footstool, as seen in the picture.
If I put Chumley in bed with me, and bury him in the covers, he licks and then bites me.
If I lay there and try to sleep, he licks and/or bites my arm.
The thing is, the 26 pound alarm clock purrs the entire time. It seems quite obvious that he is finding joy in waking me.
During the day, I find him sleeping and I will “tussle” the hair on his head to wake him. I then laugh. Still, Chumley purrs.
He is a loveable idiot, I will give him that much.
--John Lennon of The Beatles, The White Album, “I’m Only Sleeping,” 1968.
Chumley has annoying little habit.
He has now taken to waking me every morning at 5:30, followed by further wake-up calls at 6:00, 6:30, 7:00 and so on until 8:00, in which he feels the need to sleep.
One might think he wants to play. I say "Nope."
He may want to snuggle. I say "Nope."
He may be bored. I say "Nope."
Here is what he wants: the bugger is hungry, even though there is food in his bowl.
I fed him the other night before I went to sleep, and his routine is that he wants to have “fresh kibbles” at 5:30 AM.
He starts by “licking” my arm, which if ignore, he "climbs" on things and disrupts life. Saturday, he climbed on the dresser and knocked pill bottles off and batted them about on the floor. Then, a half hour later, he moved to the small chest by the bed and knocked a magazine on the floor. Then, fifteen minutes later, he moved to climbing on my head.
What a Chumley.
I thought I would cure this aversion to letting me sleep by adding fresh food nightly, but apparently by 5:30 AM, the food is no longer fresh.
When I stir, he hops (yes, that is correct, a twenty-six pound cat hops) as he turns and runs to the stairs and climbs down. He purrs the entire way to the food bowl. I put in a small amount of dry food, and he purrs like I have never heard a cat purr, and then eats, wanders about as only Chumleys can do. Then cashes out on the footstool, as seen in the picture.
If I put Chumley in bed with me, and bury him in the covers, he licks and then bites me.
If I lay there and try to sleep, he licks and/or bites my arm.
The thing is, the 26 pound alarm clock purrs the entire time. It seems quite obvious that he is finding joy in waking me.
During the day, I find him sleeping and I will “tussle” the hair on his head to wake him. I then laugh. Still, Chumley purrs.
He is a loveable idiot, I will give him that much.
posted by Eric Sweetwood at 1:02 PM
4 Comments:
Umm...check again. It's from Revolver not the White Album. You're thinking of "I'm so Tired" from the White Album.
Just keeping up your Street Cred.
Keith
The track list from Side Two of the "White Album"
Side Two
Martha My Dear – 2:28
I'm So Tired – 2:03
Blackbird – 2:18
Piggies – 2:04
Rocky Raccoon – 3:32
Don't Pass Me By – 3:50
Why Don't We Do It in
- the Road? – 1:40
I Will – 1:45
Julia – 2:54
Which by the way, means Keith is 100% correct. I am so embarrassed.
What is really scary is the fact that I own neither of these albums/CDs/tapes whatever.
What a geek I am...
Keith
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