The routines of beasts
If ever I use the toilet in the night, little Ziva follows me to my bed for a good petting. Last night, I didn’t use the toilet. Ziva showed up anyway, at 5:00 a.m., and so I gave her a thorough petting (I’m being trained for fatherhood, I tell myself).
At 6:00, I was still awake. I went to the living room to watch YouTube. I watched this nice video about the classic Scottish movie, Local Hero.
Ziva and Jasper ran around the living room, wrecking the décor. They often do this in the early hours.
Q: Why is it perilous to go into the jungle between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon?
A: That’s when the elephants are jumping out of the trees.
Q: Why is the crab the flattest of God’s creatures?
A: The crab went into the jungle between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon.
Karin was surprised by my early rising (she usually gets out of bed first). Tonight I’ll be too tired to go to the laundromat, I told her. But no, Karin won’t let me weasel out of going to the laundromat. Our clothes-washing routine is set in stone.
Ana & David have acquired a dog named Russell. Mary and I confer: Where would Russell stay if he were brought to Indiana? The options are meager. Because of our own pets, neither Mary nor I could admit Russell as a guest.
Our fear is that Russell won’t be brought at all. We’ll only get to see our nephew if we go to visit him in Austin (Ana & David are quitting Houston to live in the Texas capital). And then, what would our pets do?
At 6:00, I was still awake. I went to the living room to watch YouTube. I watched this nice video about the classic Scottish movie, Local Hero.
Ziva and Jasper ran around the living room, wrecking the décor. They often do this in the early hours.
Q: Why is it perilous to go into the jungle between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon?
A: That’s when the elephants are jumping out of the trees.
Q: Why is the crab the flattest of God’s creatures?
A: The crab went into the jungle between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon.
Karin was surprised by my early rising (she usually gets out of bed first). Tonight I’ll be too tired to go to the laundromat, I told her. But no, Karin won’t let me weasel out of going to the laundromat. Our clothes-washing routine is set in stone.
Ana & David have acquired a dog named Russell. Mary and I confer: Where would Russell stay if he were brought to Indiana? The options are meager. Because of our own pets, neither Mary nor I could admit Russell as a guest.
Our fear is that Russell won’t be brought at all. We’ll only get to see our nephew if we go to visit him in Austin (Ana & David are quitting Houston to live in the Texas capital). And then, what would our pets do?