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Such A Hard Life

Raining Cats and...?

What's with all the rain we're getting here in California? I'm not fond of rain...or at least, Mom isn't fond of me getting soaked in the rain. All this rain doesn't make for good walking weather. Maybe Mom should buy me a wetsuit like my friends Cosmo and Quincy have and then we could get out for our walks. Then again, maybe not. I'm happy staying inside, nice and warm and dry. I could do without the wind, though...I don't like all that whistling and the trees rustling in the middle of the night...I pace the room and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and eventually wake Mom and Dad up. They think I have a sudden need to go pee in the middle of the night, but really, all I want them to do is wake up and switch on the light. Then I can go back to sleep and am happy...but then they're not. Oh well.

Play table

I bet you never knew dogs could make good play tables. Well, neither did I until my 2 year old kid (human) brother (I'm not sure why Mom keeps calling me his Big Sister since he doesn't walk on four legs like me, he's not covered in fur, and doesn't have a tail) started laying out his puzzle shapes on my back while I was lying down. Sometimes he'll get his puzzle letters on my back while I'm walking around and they'll stay there until I sit down and they slide off. I'm a walking play table!

I've been with Alex since he was born, so I'm pretty used to him lying with me, sitting on me, pulling my ears, telling me where my nose is (like I forgot or something), counting to make sure I have all four feet... He's gentle most of the time and I just lie there and heave a big sigh and take it. When I've had enough, I retreat to the office and snooze. I snooze a lot...have to save up my energy for our walks and for when I get to chase the laser pointer! I have such a hard life...

Kula.