siena dictates for cat named pig

Tonight at bedtime, Siena was coughing quite a bit. She seemed really tired, too, and I closed the door hopeful for a peaceful evening with the computer and without her usual routine of tip-toeing up the stairs and peering around the railing before telling us she just can’t sleep. (Note: this “just can’t sleep” business usually takes place approximately six seconds after we tuck her in, sometimes even sooner.)

Tonight I had not even gotten upstairs and settled in with the laptop before I heard her door bang open.

“Mama, I just came out to tell you that the proper way to get better when you have a bad cough is to drink lots of water, eat cough drops, get lots and lots of sleep, and wear warm pajamas to bed.”

I assured her that no one would get in the way of her following any of that excellent advice, particularly the part about sleeping.