naptime!

another day to post another blog entry! I had a couple meetings this morning, and now i am home and had some lunch and it's raining. I love the sound of rain....and love to fall asleep to the sound of rain. So i am about to take a nap.

I love naps. It's often hard for me to stay asleep all night. I always have, I suspect it's some genetic or biochemical thing. but i don't care enough to get a sleep study and all that jazz...I just read a while until i can fall back to sleep. and then i have a little afternoon siesta. 

The cat always sleeps all afternoon!

One thing we can count on, Our Loving Lord never sleeps or even naps! Scripture tells us in Psalm 121, "He who watches over Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps" 

Psalm 121

A song of ascents.

1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
    where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip—
    he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord watches over you—
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day,
    nor the moon by night.

7 The Lord will keep you from all harm—
    he will watch over your life;
8 the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and forevermore.

Owned by a cat

“Dogs have owners, cats have staff” I have no idea who initially made that statement, but it's apt. Our grey tabby cat is small, only about 7 pounds, but she's all attitude. Even though she is an indoor cat, since the weather got cooler, she's decided to be a lap-sitting kitty. Of course once she hops onto my lap, she thinks I should remain still as long as SHE needs me to.

This cat is definitely the ruler of the roost. There are cat toys all over. She has scratching post with a top on which she sits, and a “cat tree”, a carpeted pole with 3 small shelves at varying heights. She will run and jump onto the “tree's” highest shelf when she is playing. Sometimes she just sits on it to watch out the window, or even to take a nap. She is great at napping. Cats do sleep a lot. And they are often up during the night while the humans are trying to sleep. 3 a.m. is prime run-around-the-house time!