Wonderful pet meme:

[Warpy]

6. I was a night nurse

and my sleeping hours were irregular, to say the least.

My cranky old tomcat would sit very patiently, waiting for my breathing to change when I was waking up, and he'd put a big, velvet paw on my nose. When I opened my eyes, he'd use that paw to stroke my hair, petting me back.

It was a nice way to wake up. I miss the irascible old bugger every day.