All week, I'm on vacation but unfortunately for me, Beau the cat doesn't understand this and thinks I'm going to be late for work every morning (and duh, foods!) if I don't get out of bed. He let's
Me know by stepping and jumping on my head, my back and on occasion my jugular. But he sure is sweet. 
awwww hey Beau!
My cat does that as well - begging for me to feed her. More often than not I head downstairs, and her dish is pretty close to full of food from the previous night. Torture!
