OK, I can be REALLY slow to get up in the morning. Sit on my hair, purr in my ear, walk all over me - I'm SLOW. That's normal for a human.

But really don't think it's normal for a cat to touch his mouth softly to a human's lips. Particularly if his human hasn't really tried that on him. I don't even kiss the top of Smudge's head or anything like that. I have no clue how he came up with this novel way of waking me up. But it sure works! His whiskers tickle the heck out of me, and he's rewarded with a mumble, a grunt, a cough or sneeze - and, eventually, a vertical human, and a bowl of food.

But, seriously, where did he get the whole "kiss" meme? I'm the only human he ever sees. It's odd, for sure! But sweet, in its eerie way.

Love, Columbine