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01/29/2007 Entry: "The "Dynamic" Duo"

So most of you who have animals know, the first night's a bitch. Hell, if you've seen Lady and the Tramp (which goes back into the DISNEY VAULT in TWO DAYS...order your copy today!), you know the first night's a bitch. There's whining, there's discomfort, and it's the first chance to determine whether you're going to be the dog's bitch or not. Whose will is stronger? I slept pretty little last night. No, I'm not complaining. I'm stating it as a fact. I slept for the blessed hours between 11 & 1:45, then from 4-5. That's about 4 hours total.

Now, Abbey was not awake for all of this. There was a trip outside, there was the 2 AM playtime to work out the adrenaline that develops from going from your nice warm fleece blanket to the -2 windchill outside. But most of it was her sleeping and my own strained attempts to listen to anything resembling whining. Justin was probably up from 2:30-3, when the real howling whining was going on. But then she quieted down, Justin went to sleep, and I went back to listening.

So please tell me, why is it that they're both asleep on the couch at 8 PM and I'M the one trying in vain to keep the pup awake...just til 9.

"Did you know, Abbey, that Bichons were the royal dog of Madagascar?"

"You're makin' that UUUUUUP!"

Editorial Comment: One of my pet peeves is when a blogger I've been reading gets married, or has a child, or adopts a dog, and suddenly that's all there is to life. I'm sure none of you would like to know the length of the dog's stools or how many times she ate today. Many cute pics are one thing, and I appreciate your enabling of my posting of them. :-D But I'm hoping that this place won't become all dog, all the time. Knitting content will resume shortly. That is all. Time to measure the dog's stool.

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