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My Husband Is Curled Around Me, And I’m Curled Around My Cat
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I wake from a most excellent sleep. Pushed against my bum is my husband, who is curled in a C around me. My spouse and I sleep like two corresponding letter Cs. He is the big C, and I am the small c. We have slept like this most of our married life, and it’s terrific. It doesn’t matter whether we had a great or terrible day. We can attempt to sleep in another configuration, but it doesn’t work out. As soon as we are both asleep, we relax into the Cc configuration. What’s new is the cat.
My cat, Dark, likes to sleep in our bed. His normal sleeping place is above my head. He has his own pillow, so he doesn’t squeeze his furry body next to my face. He has been sleeping in this spot for quite a while now. But suddenly, he decided he needed a new location.
His new spot is curled unto me like the third inner C. From above, I imagine that the cat, myself, and my husband look like three stacked bowls lying on their sides. Why the cat suddenly decided to be the third C is beyond me. But the darn thing pushes back against me and curls into a cat C.
The cat is quite comfortable; he is purring and making happy little cat sounds as he lays against me. Every now and then, his…
