OK, Now this really IS weird!

 I saved the weirdest for last.  At least Mom and Dad think it's pretty weird.  And I have to admit that it's kind of evolved over time.  It started out as a game, but then I just couldn't stop.  It has to do with my sleeping habits.  Or rather my location for sleeping.  

You see, I get to sleep pretty much anywhere that I want.  The big bed with Mom and Dad, the living room couch with Dad, the leather couch in the piano room, the guest bed in the 2nd bedroom and sometimes I sleep on the carpet in the third bedroom.  But it is a long and complicated process and depends on the time of day and whether it's a nap or a night sleep.  

So let's start with the morning.

We all go out in the morning and then we have breakfast.  A little later, Dad decides he needs a morning nap.  So as soon as he heads to the bedroom, I follow.  And I jump on the bed and I stay with him for his full nap.  

Sometimes, I can get him to come in for an afternoon nap as well.  I just hop up on the bed and wait and sometimes he comes in and we have another snooze. 

Sometimes though, especially in the afternoon, he's been known to hog the entire bed.  Then I sleep at the foot of the bed.  Close but so he doesn't turn over and smother me. 

At night, is the fun time.  I play a game.  Sometimes I play with Dad and sometimes with Mom.  So sometimes I jump up on Dad's side.  When he comes to get into the bed, I pretend I don't see him.  He begs and cajoles and begs some more.  When he starts pushing, I know he's serious, so I get on the bottom of the bed on Mom's side.  She lets me stay there even when she climbs into bed.  

Sometimes, though, I play with Mom.  Then I get on her side of the bed.  She thinks its fun.  She usually climbs in right next to me and we lie lengthwise down the bed.  I can't do that with Dad, but I can with Mom.  

After all these shenanigans, I wait until the lights go out.  Then I wait until I think they are both asleep.  Then I jump off the bed and go on my doggie bed, or maybe I go to one of the back bedrooms, or maybe I go to the couch.  Sometimes I come back and climb into my doggie bed.  Sometimes, Mom sees me and she lets me up.

But here is where the weirdest part is.  Whenever I come in to get back up on the bed, Mom has to get out and go into the bathroom.  If she doesn't, I won't get on the bed.  So she sighs, and gets out of bed and goes into the bathroom.  I follow to make sure she's in there, and then I get up on the bed.  Then I let her come back and climb back into bed with me.  

We've been doing these things for a long time.  They call me weird.  I think it's them!

Hope you have lots of comfortable places to sleep!

Love, G