Territoriality
(or, This Is How Pillow Fights Start)
When I woke up this morning, I discovered that I had roughly a foot of the bed's length all to myself. My feet and knees were dangling over my side of the mattress, as were my elbows, and there was not a thing I could do about it. You see, Mel had curled right up into my back, which also means she had taken up half of my pillow. And as if it had been a conspiracy of sorts, our Shih-tzu, Shady, had curled up right against the back of my knees, which made it near impossible to move with her weight pinning down the sheets.
Moving Shady would have required me to get up and physically pick her up and transplant her furry butt to another part of the bed. However, I was also pinned down by Mel's arm draped over my side and holding onto me rather snugly. So I couldn't move, and was practically teetering over the edge of the bed.
Mel was vastly amused by my recounting of this when she woke up. She also added that I deserved it for always hogging the comforter at nights. In my defense, I don't overly set out to yank the comforter over to my side of the bed; it amazes me just as much as anyone else to discover each morning that most of the comforter is not on Mel, or even on me, but is instead sitting on the floor on my side of the bed.
I'm beginning to wonder if laying claim to all the mattress space is a subtle declaration of war on Mel's part. And what's worse she's managed to coerce our puppy to fight for her side. This can only mean one thing. I don't really know what it is, but I'm sure it's something important....
Today's Lesson: Leonard Nimoy should eat more salsa.
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posted by Phillip at 8:26 AM
