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I also just wanted to say thanks for joining me on my journey. I do notice the regular people who log on to read and even though, at the moment you are, just city names and IP addresses I really do appreciate it.
I myself am having a perfectly chilled Christmas day with Nino!
Just look at that face!!!
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Nino is a gorgeous
Italian greyhound,
Who runs around the house,
never making a sound.
It’s been two days on the job
and I have to say
We had some teething problems
when I came to stay.
According to his owner’s
very explicit notes,
Nino sleeps in his crate,
he gets no votes!
HA!
I do wonder
does anyone perhaps know
If dearest Nino got a copy
of THAT memo?
Cause the rascal was having
non of that crap
he was sharing my bed
and that was just that!
So ever so kindly
I let him sleep with me
but it was like sharing with a mouse
with chronic PTSD
Or a small rat on acid
a better description yet
running riot continuously
all over my head.
He just wouldn’t settle.
There was nothing I could do,
to calm this skinny creature,
his anxiety grew.
Then after an hour,
I attempted ‘ tough love.’
(I was exhausted you know,
I had HAD enough.)
So I defiantly closed
my bedroom door
and then did my very best
to quietly ignore
The winning and scratching
sound that he made.
(He’s a relentless little bugger,
that’s all I can say!)
I lasted 20 minutes
and then I gave in…
(Was this a game
I could never win?)
I was so bloody exhausted
it was quarter to three.
Feeling ever so frazzled:
“Will he EVER sleep?”
As I lay in my hazy
sleepless limbo.
I contemplated throwing Nino
right out the window.
But then by miracle,
(divine intervention of sorts)
An answer to the problem
I’m happy to report…
I was prompted to simply
lift up the duvet
Nino crawled inside,
he was suddenly OK!
All he wanted was to curl
up close next to me
(OH Good Lord could it really
have been that easy?)
The moral of the story
is Nino will only sleep
When he is cuddled up in a ball,
warm underneath
A blanket and hopefully
with somebodies skin close by.
He is the ultimate snuggle bug,
I cannot lie.
I’m not particularly religious but I love this song!
Just such a lovely little piece of Africa., so I thought I would share it!
