sleeping with the friendly

Ah, the curse of being a light sleeper. The benefit is ... smaller/lesser chance of successful robbery or sneaky disturbance of any kind. Since I don't have pets ... that works out okay. The cat, the family used to have at one point would generally choose night as the right time to wander -- especially outside.

"Hey, wake up", meowed the cat. If that didn't work, he'd step on your face and gaping mouth, assured to wake you. "Hey, while you're up, could you let me out? It's been ten minutes ... there aren't any critters I can pounce right now, I'd like in ... meow, [scratch forever] meow!"

Dogs get used to a person's schedule a little easier, roughly finding that better bed time, as it doesn't help them to be lively with no human to play, so they turn into a 1st shift, 2nd shift or 3rd shift dog. Cats, I don't think, have this ability or interest.

Pets do keep you healthy through mental acitivity, physical acitivity and emotional bonding -- better than TV, but you can't choose the channel.