Lynne, it wouldn't be so bad if it was an hour or so later, but 2:30 AM? Sometimes I get up at that hour, and my furkids, with their internal clocks, assume that if I want to get up later than that, well, "tough, dad, we want you up". And if I got up at 1:30 AM, they would commence their kitten antics at that time. In a way it is my own fault for "teaching them" (through an example) about getting up in the middle of the night.