I know Lou's ritual fairly well, my kit runs crazily around the house and then jumps up in the bed and ruffles all the linens before he crawls slowly up and pushes his nose within inches of mine to be sure I'm really under the covers trying to sleep, after I open my eyes and acknowledge him he then climbs and settles snuggled tight against me, often on top of an arm... nothing like that asleep limb feeling and trying to move it with a 9 pound dead asleep kit on it! He mostly sleeps through the night with me and isn't a fan of the alarm ... must have learned that from me!

He sits beside me on the sofa...I reach to touch him and he raises his chin for a kiss...he gets up and goes to the stairway...looking back to see if I am watching...I take his lead and turn off the TV and turn off the lights...he waits at the stairs till I round the corner and then makes a game of it and runs to the top of the steps so that I can't reach out and touch his bum as he goes up...I follow...I get into bed and pat the covers beside me...he jumps onto the bed with a barely audible Meow...and he circles me like I am the cowboys and he is the indians!

Yep...it's been a ritual for nigh on 5 years now...and he likes it and it ain't changing anytime soon as far as I can tell...lmao!

Great thread Master Scribe!

Usually kiss and rub each other. I'm especially fond of having my legs massaged and she loves getting her back scratched. Where it goes from there depends on the day. :)