And now she's asleep on my legs, which I appreciate because it's chilly. Of course, Loki wants to be on my lap too, in front of the laptop. Which is not conducive to working on it.

I, on the other hand, have somehow acquired a two-man wake up committee who are convinced that the first signs of stirring mean that [dog] walking and [cat] feeding time is imminent.

So they stand in the doorway side by side trying to explain it to me. For however long it takes. And no amount of lectures on "daylight" and "coffee" seem to get through.

Loki is a total asshole in the morning. Burrowing, claws, nipping.

Squeaky just jumps on my neck when it's morning and she wants food. She also uses my neck as a jumping-off point to get to and from the window sill.

Oh yeah! I had forgotten how Hazel used to be an asshole before my alarm went off in the morning. I guess now I get up before she does.

Walter would probably wake me up if he knew how, but his strategy is to stare at me silently, Which I guess, from his perspective, eventually works, because I do get up. If I really sleep in Jadzia will eventually pester me to get up and open her window, but even that is mostly that insistent purr and kind of sweet.

Gah, this day/week is not off to a great start. I have a lot of Fail going on. But someone put cake in the kitchen, so I think I will have a slice of that.

I don't let the cats in the bedroom, because they're both assholes at night. Sleeping on the couch is no problem, but there's something about the bedroom that turns them into demon children.

I finally had to give up and turn on the heat this week. Saturday it dropped to 36 degrees and my house will not hold heat unless it's been sunny during the day. I've set it to 65 so I can acclimate to colder winter temps.

juliana (and Lee), I would be interested in what M has to say about Nest. I've been thinking about installing the thermostat for a while now, but I'm unsure if I'll get the benefit since I work at home. If he's willing to share his opinion, I'd be grateful.

Jesse, that's aggravating, and one of my biggest pet peeves about public transit. Speaking of, did everyone in DC or DC-adjacent hear that the feds have taken over safety oversight of the Metro? Things have gotten bad.

My house in Frederick has sold, for $27,000 LESS than the bank was asking, and $173,000 less than we paid. I'm floored. There doesn't seem to be any kind of housing recovery there, or prices were that far out of whack. It's still mind-boggling, and cements my decision to walk away from it. There was no way I was ever going to be on the right side of that in my lifetime.

I can pretty much sleep with Miss Bobo walking around on top of me. Unfortunately, her wake-up time is 3 am-- by the time it is time for me to get up she is all cuddly and inviting, and I want to stay in bed.

I also REALLY wish I could get out of bed in the morning. I wake up, but I basically doze/go back to sleep for hours. Today my first alarm went off at 5 am, and I got out of bed at 8:15, and only then because I really had to go to the bathroom. This is typical. It isn't so much that I am sleepy, I just really don't want to get up and I keep shutting my alarm off and going back to sleep.

Gah, this day/week is not off to a great start.

I feel you. I got home from the airport around midnight and didn't get to sleep until around 1:30am, and now I'm on the way to my office because meetings. Several if which are not going to be a fun time.

My plans tonight involve leftovers, my couch, and TV.

Guess whose alarm was not set for when she thought it was this morning? Fortunately, not a disaster.