Furry Alarm Clock

I stay at KC's house when I'm in Raleigh and for the past couple weeks we've rarely seen each other. She's been traveling when I've been in Raleigh and I've been in Charlotte when she's been at home. I truly love staying at her house. I know I need to not impose on her - I feel guilty about it often - but I really do love being there. It's nice to come home to someone else every now and then. It's like when I had a room mate in college. It's just nice to have someone else around from time to time. And then, of course there's KC's dog, George. (He's okay with using his real name, I asked him.)

I've had to travel so much in the past few years that my parents took my dog, Roebling, to their house. Then when my travel schedule started to settle down they didn't want to give him back. I could see all the reasons why they wanted to keep him and they were right so I let him stay there. But I miss him so much, and so often, it's hard to explain. George seems to understand my need for pet companionship. He is always there to greet me when I come in and he is very big on giving me lots of attention. I like playing with him after a long, stressful, and overwhelming day. Time with George is a nice treat for me.

As I was saying, KC has been traveling when I've been in Raleigh. George, on the other hand, has been at home. There was no reason for him to go to the kennel if I was going to be there. We've had a pretty grand time. There's been a lot of fetch, bone chewing, and petting. He also decided he'd rather sleep with me in the guest room than stay downstairs in the master by himself. The only real problem is I think the street light that shines into that room confuses him. More than once in the past two weeks I've been awakened at four thirty am by a furry alarm clock frantically licking my face and begging me to get up and let him out. It seems he thinks that with the lighting in the room that it is about six thirty. Next time KC goes out of town George and I will have to get his timing straight, especially on Saturday.