Things That Woke Me Up This Weekend

• ssssssssssWHAP!THUMP!WHAM! Which is to say, a book fell over and landed in the garbage can, knocking the can over. That one had me sitting bolt upright by the time we'd reached the THUMP! stage.
• The cat, wanting to be cuddled.
• The muffled pop of the fitted sheet coming off the matress.
• The cat, wanting to be fed.
• The scratchy feel of the uncovered matress.
• The cat, wanting to be let outside.
• Matt, rolling over into my side of the bed to avoid the scratchy uncovered matress on his side.
• The cat, visciously attacking my toes.
• A dream in which I was writing a letter to a friend with advice about some marriage problems (problems that existed only in the dream universe) while simultaneously trying to figure out what to do about a marriage problem of my own (another problem that existed only in the dream universe.)
• The cat, purring in my ear.
• The radio alarm: "-nother real scorcher today, so try to stay inside..."
• The cat, not sure what he wants, but making sure I was ready to provide it.
• A stiff and aching back.
• The cat, breathing in my face.
• Matt, breathing in my face.