November 15, 2011

the pecking order

dear times ain't changed diary,

i hate to talk about people who don't deserve it, but when my kid (prince harry) was little- he was a stawker. he's just like his mom. he would wait until i was asleep and then come and crawl in bed with me JUST ABOUT every night. then i would roll over and there his little skinny body would be..... sometimes i would just scoot him closer and cuddle him to me and other times i'd drag him by his head back to his bed. i've recently come to realize, things haven't really changed that much in my bed. except it isn't my kid that sneaks in when i'm sound asleep anymore, it's my autistic dog. the dog who wont allow petting or affection, the grump, wants to cuddle when i'm asleep. this is very easily handled however, because the moment you wake up and reach out to touch him to celebrate his closeness- it startles him and jolts him back to reality, as if somehow you've violated his space. i can deal with this behavior.