I'm up already!!!

I've been having a hard time rolling out of bed lately; I appear to have become immune to my alarm clock. For whatever reason, I wake nicely to the alarm on my cell phone, so I've taken to setting that as well.

Well, apparently Jack and Dusty wanted to help me get up today!

First, my regular alarm went off. OK, I lay in bed and listened to NPR for a bit. Dusty hopped up on the bed and snuggled up next to me (note: There's something very soporific about a purring cat, which may explain why I've found it so hard to get up the past, oh, 3 weeks or so!)

Then my cell phone alarm went off. I wasn't ready to get up yet, so I rolled over and hit snooze, then went back to snuggle with Dusty some more.

Dusty, though, had apparently decided it was time for me to start my day - he stuck his nose in my ear and began sniffing! YUCK! Cold, wet, kittie nose making sniffing noises in my ear! Kinda like a combination of a Wet Willie and a bad teenage makeout session! Plus, it tickled!

Then Jack decided he'd help; he managed to hoist himself up on the bed (quite a feat; he's not the most svelte cat I've ever seen!), and started licking my armpit! By this time I had my hand over my ear, so Dusty was now grooming my hair.

At this point, I admitted defeat and got up!