Julian woke me this morning by meowing.
While I was lying there, eyes closed, half asleep and listening to the cat noises, my subconscious showed me Artemis, our much-missed previous kitty, walking out from under the bed.
If I'd wanted to get up that early--or at any particular time--I'd have set an alarm, but I'll take the tradeoff of seeing Artemis in memory (my memory doesn't tend to be very visual) while awake enough to remember it now.
While I was lying there, eyes closed, half asleep and listening to the cat noises, my subconscious showed me Artemis, our much-missed previous kitty, walking out from under the bed.
If I'd wanted to get up that early--or at any particular time--I'd have set an alarm, but I'll take the tradeoff of seeing Artemis in memory (my memory doesn't tend to be very visual) while awake enough to remember it now.