will

I'm having my nightly stare down with Snickers where I say No No No.

I was about to write that it looked like tonight was my turn to win because she was diving into the folds of the bed spread but she came back out and she is testing my will again.

She is easy to please, a couple of milk bones, a raw hide chew and a drink of cold water out of a glass just like daddy is all she wants.

I'm with holding the chews for a while, she cut her gums on one last night. She didn't seem to mind but I had to pull the sheets and run them through the laundry.

Staying up for that chore wouldn't have been so bad but this morning some yahoo stopped in front of the house and laid on his horn for a bit. Seems a duck was in the street and he was trying to direct it back to the water. I'm glad he just didn't run it over like some people would but the horn at eight in the morning just ten yards from my window was a bit too much.

I was so shocked after just four hours sleep that I jumped out of bed, got dressed and ran outside to get the paper and to show that duck which way to go. I got the paper but never saw the duck.