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Diabolical Cats


I think I caught a cold due to lack of sleep. The cats have been conspiring to wake me up pre-dawn for their breakfast. For months, I have been sleeping peacefully with Livia out in the livingroom because the bedroom is Leela's territory. Leela, however, has learned that if she lets Livia in the bedroom, she gets breakfast early. So now I have Livia back to her old tricks in the morning, eating my hair and clawing my skin to wake me up. She even digs under the blankets to expose skin to claw. She is a diabolical cat.

When I, begrudgingly, give in and get them breakfast, I promptly go back to bed. Even though I believe I will now be left alone, this is never the case. Due to one morning of confusion where Brian and I accidentally gave them breakfast twice, they persist in waking me up, trying to trick me into feeding them again. This results in very little sleep for me.

Brian was kind enough to set me up with a spray bottle last night and I got much better sleep. The second that my hand reaches for the bottle, the cats scamper away. It still doesn't stop them from trying though. If I sleep on my side, facing away from the bottle, Livia scratches me.

Any ideas for how to stop her from waking me up? I can't shut the door because the other cat needs out to use the litter box. It also doesn't matter if I leave extra food out the night before; she wants fresh food. I hope the water bottle works better tonight.
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