Tiny

Chocolatl · 01-23-2013, 10:29 AM

Scritch scritch scritch scritch scritch.
Pause.
Scritch scritch scritch scritch scritch.
THWACKAWACKAWACKAWACK.
Pause.
And then the whine.

It is 1:48 am and I am listening to our dog, Tiny, standing on Vince's side of the bed and nursing an itchy spot behind one ear. She is currently hoping to be magically levitated on to our bed, and I am debating whether or not I want to make that happen. Tiny seems to be selectively arthritic -- she has a bone spur in her back that bothers her when it is convenient or dramatic. She'll run around the house at breakneck speed, jumping over the back of the couch and sliding under Anna's baby gym, but then act like she is climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro when she clambers up on the couch to rest among the cushions. When we used to have a low bed, she'd leap up effortlessly, but since we got the new one she will stand on Vince's side of the bed and look at us pleadingly, asking us to lift her up and spare her back.

I end up bringing her up, and she quietly finds the spot in which she can cause the most discomfort to the bed's existing occupants. Tiny is wonderfully solid. Once she lies down, it takes a lot of effort to get her to move again. Shoving her yields nothing. So when she inevitably positions herself so that her head is burrowed into the small of Vince's back and her butt is warming mine, we humans resign ourselves to a morning of aches and pains. It's worth it. This humble creature just wants to snuggle us so close because she loves us so much and also it is so cold and we are so warm. Her presence is reassuring, and I flip over to curl around her like water around stone.

Gravdigr · 01-23-2013, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Chocolatl

...and she quietly finds the spot in which she can cause the most discomfort to the bed's existing occupants...

Yep, pets are good at that.

Also:

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...like water around stone.

I like that phrase.

DanaC · 01-23-2013, 12:31 PM

Yeah that's a lovely way to put it.

Trilby · 01-23-2013, 01:22 PM

Autumn manages to find the true center of my bed and sprawl there, totally uncompromising her position. Then I'll get a cat or two laying on me. Then I get a hot flash and throw cats, blankets, pillows, sex toys, everything to the floor while I try to cool off. Then the sweat starts to freeze and I'm cold again.

good times. also- you'd think a JRT would be easy enough to dislodge and you'd be wrong.

glatt · 01-23-2013, 01:22 PM

The whole post is very nice.

Gravdigr · 01-24-2013, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Trilby

...sex toys...

Well there's your 'hotflash' prollum right there.

01-23-2013, 10:29 AM	#1
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Tiny Scritch scritch scritch scritch scritch. Pause. Scritch scritch scritch scritch scritch. THWACKAWACKAWACKAWACK. Pause. And then the whine. It is 1:48 am and I am listening to our dog, Tiny, standing on Vince's side of the bed and nursing an itchy spot behind one ear. She is currently hoping to be magically levitated on to our bed, and I am debating whether or not I want to make that happen. Tiny seems to be selectively arthritic -- she has a bone spur in her back that bothers her when it is convenient or dramatic. She'll run around the house at breakneck speed, jumping over the back of the couch and sliding under Anna's baby gym, but then act like she is climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro when she clambers up on the couch to rest among the cushions. When we used to have a low bed, she'd leap up effortlessly, but since we got the new one she will stand on Vince's side of the bed and look at us pleadingly, asking us to lift her up and spare her back. I end up bringing her up, and she quietly finds the spot in which she can cause the most discomfort to the bed's existing occupants. Tiny is wonderfully solid. Once she lies down, it takes a lot of effort to get her to move again. Shoving her yields nothing. So when she inevitably positions herself so that her head is burrowed into the small of Vince's back and her butt is warming mine, we humans resign ourselves to a morning of aches and pains. It's worth it. This humble creature just wants to snuggle us so close because she loves us so much and also it is so cold and we are so warm. Her presence is reassuring, and I flip over to curl around her like water around stone.

01-23-2013, 01:22 PM	#4
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Autumn manages to find the true center of my bed and sprawl there, totally uncompromising her position. Then I'll get a cat or two laying on me. Then I get a hot flash and throw cats, blankets, pillows, sex toys, everything to the floor while I try to cool off. Then the sweat starts to freeze and I'm cold again. good times. also- you'd think a JRT would be easy enough to dislodge and you'd be wrong. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-23-2013, 01:22 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The whole post is very nice.

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