Almost Missing the Deadline Again

Reason: I got sleepy and my cat decided that she wanted to sleep on my tummy while I finished reading this week's 'Entertainment Weekly.' My normally not super cuddly kitty decided that she wanted to be lovey this evening and first stretched herself across my entire body and on the arm of the loveseat next to me. Then she switched positions and curled her little self up so her head was tucked up just below my armpit and her body on my hip and the arm of the loveseat. Finally she sat on the arm of the loveseat but but her paws and head up on my shoulder and purred in my ear and we both dozed off a bit. It was nice and cozy. I love those rare moments when she decides that she wants to be a nice lap cat, as when I got her when I was 6 years old, I was under the assumption that all cats were cuddly lap cats like my grandmother's cat at the time, Lucy. My kitty, however, wasn't super cuddly and didn't really like people. Now, in her later years at the age of 16, she has decided that people aren't so bad after all. My friends that came over in junior high and high school maybe saw a glimpse of Honey, if they were lucky or I brought her out to show them myself. Now, a few of them have come over and Honey has come in and not only gotten close to them, but let people pet her a bit. I wish it hadn't taken her so long to open up to people, but I'm glad she's now more the cuddly kitty I thought I was getting 16 1/2 years ago. Either way I know she loves me, even if she isn't being cuddly, because she always wants to sleep on my bed, in my room, under the covers in my bed, etc. Plus I have her love if only because I am the keeper of the cat food and provide her her meals.