I feel your pain. My cats are used to being fed every morning around 6 AM, due to Mrs. Slinger’s normal work schedule. When she’s not working and we get to sleep in, the cats are most displeased. One of them will start licking any of my exposed skin at about 6:30 in an attempt to rouse me. Fingers, ears, elbow, whatever he thinks will speed up the crawling-out-of-bed time.
Although (not to hijack my own thread), I can’t say that having my ears thoroughly cleaned by a cat’s tongue is entirely unpleasant. Is that wrong?
My first words this morning (at 1:48 AM) were “Aaaah, what the fuck! Ow!” because a goddamned Paper Wasp somehow was between my pillow and bed and stung me when I put my hand under my pillow in my sleep. It is not a particularly pleasant way to be awakened.
I think it was probably me casting some mild obscenity or insult my way for walking through the room, forgetting what I was supposed to be getting, walking out again and then remembering. “Stupid dummkopf” or something along those lines.
