Tanada and I are two GOWs (Grouchy Old Women) with grudging respect for
each other.  We even like each other most of the time.  We even have a
lot in common.  In fact, we even learn from each other upon occasion.

I tried to get to sleep at a reasonable hour last night because I had to
be up early this morning.  Rob was laying beside me in bed reading "War
Of Honor" the latest David Weber Honorverse novel to make it into
paperback, we think.  Tanada was curled up on Rob's bladder taking a
nap.  I was having a strange dream that suddenly included smellovision.
 I woke up to one of the most terrible passes of gas that I've ever
been not too privileged to experience.

I asked Rob if he'd passed gas, and he looked surprised and said no, he
hadn't f*rt*d.  "Tanada" we both said together.  She looked up from
where she was pushing the zzzzzz's on Rob's bladder.  "What?" she seemed
to say.  I'd forgotten Tanada's problem with Spaghetti sauce and had
given her some with my dinner.

I rolled over and tried to go back to sleep.  Unfortunately, I have the
same problem with spaghetti sauce that Tanada has, except I'm not as
quiet about it.  "Braaaaaap!"  I rolled over to apologize to Rob and
found myself facing the cat stare of death and disgust.  I decided to
snuggle up to Rob and try to ease back into a state of sleep.

Pffft, another Tanada stink bomb.  I rolled over to get away from the
smell, and found that I also had to release some pressure.  "Braaap."
Tanada mewed softly.  I rolled back over and snuggled up to Rob again.
He couldn't smell any of it, and was still reading.  Tanada and I looked
at each other in mutual disgust.

I do read all the posts in here even if I don't answer them.  Gently, I
reached out my index finger and poked Tanada in her side.  "Boop," I
exclaimed.  Tanada's claws flexed out of her left front paw, then slid
back into her toes.  What fun!  I waited a little while and reached out
again.  "Boop," I said, then giggled.  Rob told me to stop.  I ignored
him.  I waited a few minutes, then poked Tanada again.  This time, she
slapped my hand before I could withdraw it from her side.  Rob said,
"Will...you...stop...booping...that...poor...cat?"  I finally promised
and then rolled over to get my hand out of temptation's way.

I was just going to sleep when I heard Tanada mew and felt a single claw
gouge into my left cheek area.  Instantly every muscle I had in my
bottom clenched.  Tanada had a hard time getting her claw out of the
zone of abuse.  I didn't dare say anything as I know Rob would have said
that I deserved a claw in my butt.

Later, I was awakened from my sleep by an intense desire to sneeze.  I
opened my eyes and saw a black tail laying on the pillow less than an
inch from my face.  I then realized that Tanada had somehow snuck up
onto my pillow and was sleeping with her butt resting on the top of my
head.  Her rear claws were laying in the middle of my long hair and she
was snoring.

Suddenly, the snoring stopped.  I felt it before I smelled it.  A ball
of stinky air was rolling down my forehead and along the line of my
rather large nose.  It burst and clung in the air in front of me.  I
jerked and felt four sets of claws clenching my hair.  Tanada purred and
went back to sleep.

Pam S. balder and wiser