I must confess

I must confess that we let the dogs sleep with us at night. Not all 5 of them of course. But at least 3 of them. Daisy at the foot of the bed and Duke and Rambo cuddling next to me or Clay. Duke and Rambo switch sides in the middle of the night. Rambo doesn't want ANYONE touching him or looking at him while he sleeps. He will let out this little yap and growl that scares the crud out of us. Raphi sleeps under our bed or on the recliner in our room. And Chloe is on Jessicas' bed.

Last night was a typical night for Clay and I. I fell asleep around 11pm, Clay around 11:30pm. At 12:36am Daisy gets up and starts to pace back and forth at the foot of the bed. If we don't get up then she begins to cry and bark this shreiking bark. After I peel myself from the ceiling because she startled me, I notice that Clay is getting up with her. Also Raphi and Rambo.

It is now 2:30am and I have to get up to take some meds for my stomach. Duke, Daisy, Raphi, and Rambo want to go out AGAIN! I let them out and we all go to bed. Daisy cries until someone scratches her (she has bad allergies). Raphi has allergies too and sees Daisy getting scratched. He brings his big paw and slaps me with it on my right side. I'm scratching him now. Daisy touched Rambo so he is growling and threatening her. Duke is desperately trying to get next to me before anyone else does. I finally said "everyone go to bed!!".

They all lie down and go to sleep.

My alarm goes off at 6a.m. I am on the very edge of our king sized bed because Duke and Rambo are pushing me over. As I turn to shut off the alarm I fall off the bed.

Daily occurance. Honest. No really. True story.