Day 30

I'd say the first day of 2010 was a great dog day (to sum it up I played in white stuff and had a very sweet day with Captain at home. I understand that humans make resolutions in the new year, so you may notice I threw a few in here throughout the day's events.

The Captain still didn't feel well so when the alarm went off and I went to "nose" her good morning, she told me to go back to bed. I was a good boy and went back on my round bed and dreamed for another half hour about the days where the Captain and Papa would put me in bed with them when they wanted more sleep. She rewarded me and we played in the white stuff for a while this morning (resolution #1--obey the Captain and you will get rewarded). The Captain left for hours and came home in the afternoon sweaty again and really tired. Her voice sounded better but her nose was all runny again. We took a bath together and sat by the fire so I would dry more quickly and then took a nap together. Later, I heard her talking to my Papa--I wish I could tell him how much I miss him too (resolution #2--learn to speak human). Then went on a long walk with my harness that I got for Christmas and I was really good, it reminds me of the harness on Santa's sleigh. I stayed right near the Captain (see resolution #1) and put my nose in her hand when she told me I was good to let her know it was for her. After our walk, the Captain put on music and we danced a little together. Captain and I really liked the music and she said the lady with the sweet voice was named Norah. While the music played, she cut up all this yummy smelling stuff and put it in a pot to cook for a long time making the house smell so good. From what scraps I found on the floor I think she included Papa's yummy Thanksgiving turkey, carrots, rice (though it was brown for some reason), and these onion type things she said were leeks that I did not like. She even put some of those carrots and the skin from the turkey in my bowl with my dinner (resolution #3--do whatever it takes to get Captain to share food with me, this appears to include staying out of the kitchen unless told okay, but more investigations are needed to fully develop this resolution). The Captain sat on the floor at the long short table eating her dinner and looking through a picture book so I layed down next to her with my head in her lap. She sang the Norah ladies' songs to me, rubbed my soft clean ears, and read the whole book even though she was done eating. I really think she stayed there reading just so we could spend time together (resolution #4--spend more time relaxing, especially with my head in the Captain's lap).