Like many people, my bladder feels pretty full in the early morning, and I
struggle between the need to get up and go and the desire not to wake up.  A
lot of times, I manage to keep myself asleep until the alarm rings.

Apparently, Oscar has other ideas.

I guess by morning, I've transitioned to sleeping on my back, and Oscar likes
to climb onto my belly (thankfully she doesn't jump!) and purr, knead, and
otherwise make herself comfortable.  This would be delightful except for the
pressure on my bladder.  I always allow her to stay for a few minutes, but
eventually it's unbearable and I have to get up.

Of course, no matter how gently I move, she jumps off the bed and never comes
back to knead and purr once I'm comfortable and ready to have her do such
things!

To add insult to injury, I recently found out that Oscar climbs onto Eric,
kneading and purring, when he goes to bed.  This doesn't sound so bad, right?
In fact, I should be ecstatic, considering how long it took both of them to
get comfortable around each other.  Oscar has always walked all over me in
bed, but for the longest time she wouldn't step on Eric.  So all of this is
great, right?  Except that when Eric goes to bed, he's burning up, and when I
go to bed, I'm freezing, and I'd just *love* to have a little bundle of fur
purring me to sleep while warming me up ...

Ah, well.