Size does matter

I spent a very restless night. For some reason, the cats were restless and since they sleep with us, I also was unable to get a good night's sleep. When living with my own furniture, I have a queen sized bed usually. When the cats were younger, this was fine for myself, my hubby and two cats. Puff likes to sleep on the edge and hang two paws off the bed. Godiva likes to sleep next to my head, between the pillows, so that she can be my alarm clock and be within reach for some sleepy belly rubs.

When we were living in Korea with the cats, the apartment was really big and there was another bed in the apartment so sometimes the cats would go sleep there or on the sofa. When we moved kit and caboodle to Toronto, I purchased a king sized bed. What glorious luxury. Most of the time, there was room for all 4 of us. however because there was room, both cats developed the habit of sleeping totally stretched out. Puff takes up a LOT of room when he stretches out AND he wants to sleep so that he is leaning against my legs or my husbands legs. He is a tremendous amount of cat and when sleeping like this, he makes it difficult to move. He also developed his "patented body slam". He finds the spot he wants and falls over onto the legs. This can jolt our whole body when he does this in the middle of the night. He taught Godiva this trick and she does it on my head as she maneuvers between the pillows. Many a night I have been awakened as suddenly I have a face full of fur and little room to breathe. So, even with a king sized bed, with both cats pressing against me, I spent many a night in one position, unable to turn over or stretch out. And to be honest, I also spent many a night kicking them out of bed.

Now we are on the move and that means hotel rooms that sometimes come with 2 single beds or one double bed and only sometimes a nice queen sized bed and even rarer a king sized bed. (Hotels that always have king sized beds are abundant but they don't always take pets) The cats have not given up their stretched out positions. So now the 4 of us just don't fit in anything less than a king sized bed. There is a queen sized bed in this temporary apartment. My hubby is not here yet I have the bed to myself with the cats. Last night was one of those nights when the three of us didn't fit. I find myself up at 5 because two cats were all over the place and I was scrunched up on an edge. There is a possibility that we might have to stick two queen sized beds together for us to all have enough room. The things we do for our beloved pets.