Define "Few"

I haven't got much sleep over the last two weeks as it's a little hard to sleep when you're trying to cough up a lung. Tonight, however, that wasn't a problem. The doc at the clinic prescribed me some serious cough medicine, containing some nicely controlled substances, so coughing wasn't an issue for the first time in weeks.

As a result, I slept pretty soundly until I woke up. It seemed a bit early, so I thought I must have a few minutes before the alarm went off. (Always nice to wake up before the alarm.) And, indeed, if your definition of "a few" ranges to 330 then, yes, I have a few minutes before the alarm goes off.

Damn it. 

Further, since I stupidly moved around and gave Kevin a pat on the head, Kevin interpreted this to mean that we were adopting a nocturnal schedule, so now she's running around chasing her toys and trying to dig her way through the couch.

I can't really say that this is what I was hoping for when I went to the urgent care clinic. Nice to not be coughing, but I was really hoping to combine that with comatose between the hours of, say, midnight and six.

And now I'm really starting to regret having bought Kevin a package of little plastic balls with bells inside them. I'd thought she lost them all, but one just reappeared. Wasn't really thinking about the middle of the night when I made that purchase.