All I Wanted Was Some Sleep

Sleep and rest are very important to me. I can ' t tell you how much. But if I don ' t get enough my inner pit bull/space alien shows up and makes everyone unhappy.Yesterday I was very tired by the time I got home. I am still recovering from my travels where I was definitely in the ' weeds ' on sleep and rest as well as the stress of late plane flights and time zone differences. I did sleep in a bit and got caught up on stuff at home before going to the gym. By the time I got home at 330 (and reset all the clocks after a (damn) power outage), I took a shower and put on my pajamas. I was going to go to bed early. I ditched cooking dinner and promoted Chinese food delivered as a better option.I did go to bed early. I read in bed for a bit before turning off the lights. My husband came in a few hours later and several times started muttering in his sleep about ' evacuations ' . I kept replying ' there are no evacuations, go back to sleep ' .Then the cats started, actually they started as soon as I got into bed. We have two: Boots, the ' good ' kitty; and Evil Kitty, the not so nice one. Boots can be needy especially since we were gone for so long. He comes and meows. He jumps on the bed. He kneads his paws into me. I walks around on me and then settles his big heavy body however he is comfortable and squishes me while he purrs.Evil Kitty meows just like Boots, but with a slightly different tone. When Boots comes in, Evil Kitty is sure to follow. He wants attention. He had an ' u...
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