The Dog Slumber Party

Last night was one of the WORST. I  had agreed to dog sit Biscuit for Les and Brad while they were away. Since I had to be in Dublin at 6 AM (AARGH!); it seemed logical to spend the night in Hilliard rather than here. So I packed up Dakota and took him with me. I got all comfy with both dogs on their wonderful couch.  All went well at first..We watched "Men of the Yukon."  I fell asleep watching them butcher caribou! ( the men- not the dogs) Then the party started....Actually there was a party next door. A teenage boy lives there with his Mom and kids kept coming and going. Every time a car door would slam both dogs would leap off the couch barking furiously. This happened about every 15- 20 minutes or whenever I would doze off. This went on until about 2:30 AM. Then both dogs decided that they needed to go out! I'm ashamed to say I told Dakota to" go piss in the corner and leave me the hell alone" (Sorry, Les)
By this time both dogs had decided they were fully awake. They would come and stand about 6 inches from my head staring at me until I woke up.(Just like Leslie used to do) Then they decided to wrestle and hump each other. Then they got out the squeaky toys about 3:20 AM. I had to get up and take those away. Then Dakota decided that it would be fun to wait until I fell asleep and then lick me on the lips. This happened several times (YUK) until I finally had to cover my head! The lyrics "clowns to the left of me and jokers to the right..stuck in the middle with you" kept going thru my head as the dogs wanted to cuddle up on either side of me. At 4 AM Biscuit stood by my head and whined to let me know that he was hungry. (Earlier Dakota had eaten his food before he could get to it.) So...I got up and fed him. Finally both dogs tired of their party antics and fell asleep just as my alarm went off, of course! It made me think of some of the slumber parties that the girls used to have-  When I left for Dublin  at 5:30 AM, I was barely functional. I only got lost once on the way and got there right on the dot. Not bad considering it was the night from hell.