i offer this (humorous) article on sleep

[LCHIEN]

entitled "good night and tough luck"

http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/200...nd-tough-luck/

[Ed62]

Thanks for the laugh. I think we can all relate to it.

Ed

[Richard in Smithville]

Thanks for the laugh. I think we can all relate to it.

Ed

As opposed to the children, we have the cat doing the same thing!

[crokett]

I don't see the dogs barking/whining in there anywhere.

[Wood_workur]

Aside from the children aspect of it, I think it pretty accurately describes my sleeping habbits. 4 or 5 hours a day during the week and 12 or 14 on the weekends.

[Bill Stock]

As opposed to the children, we have the cat doing the same thing!

Yeah ShopCat (RIP) was very skilled at inventing new ways to get me out of bed for feeding time.

A few of the better ones:
Rattle window blinds, watch for reaction and repeat.
Drag paw pads down the mirror until human caves. (like nails on a Blackboard)
Jump off window sill onto human's beer belly.
Knock heavy objects on the floor until fed.
Poke human in the eyes, since it's awake when the eyes are open.

[cabinetman]

As opposed to the children, we have the cat doing the same thing!

Pets are worse than kids. We have three cats and two German Shepherds. The cats wait 'til we're asleep to lick our face with the 100x grit tongue.

A 100 LB dog seems like twice the weight of a 120 LB wife when they are trying to get into bed.
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[BobSch]

Thanks for the link Loring, going to have to pass that one on.

BTW — The bottom hand above the head of your partner works pretty good as long as you're using two pillows.

[scmhogg]

My 80 pound poodle, likes to wake me up by licking my eyes open. I suppose there is some logic to this. He also likes to lay on top of the blanket between LOML and myself. When his sister gets on the other side, you are trapped.

Steve

[cgallery]

EXCELLENT!

Man what I wouldn't give to go back in time and have a kid crawl into bed with me and shove their feet in my face while they do a sort of Vulcan mind meld (head to head) with their mother.

I know it sounds weird, but those were the best days of my life.