A Little Night Magic
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 1:39AM Mrs. G. 
It's 1:40am and Mrs. G. just woke up because she needed to pee. While she was simultaneously rousing herself awake and persuading herself she didn't really need to leave the warmth of her bed, she could surely hold it until morning, she heard Chewie pad over to the bedroom door, which is his unwaivering signal that he needs to go.
Mrs. G. laid in the bed a minute considering the following:
1) Chewie can read her mind.
2) Chewie is her spirit animal
3) Chewie is so selfless he spontaneously wakes up to pee in solidarity.
4) Chewie was trying to soft soap Mrs. G. into thinking it was morning so he could get an early start on breakfast.
They both did their business. Chewie ambled back to bed and Mrs. G. felt the need to document this moment before she goes back to sleep and it floats away by morning.
Miracle? No. Worth scribbling about in the wee hours of the morning? Questionable. Dotty thinking? Maybe.
But she thought it was sweet.
Night.
Family, Mental, Relationships
Reader Comments (13)
all of the above- that dog loves you...
Chewie is totally your spirit animal! My littlest doxie will be disappointed, bc I think he figured his constant humping would bond you guys spiritually. But it's cool.
I always find it a comfort that someone else is awake with me! It's like a secret society that meets only at night, and if it is just me, and in my case, the cat, I'll take it.
Togetherness, nothing like it. Chewie is a treasure.
Darla
I often have similar thoughts about my dog. Especially item 4.
xoxo
I think there's a fifth possibility here. It's just possible that Mr. G. contracted with Chewy to wake you up....so that you could do more things TOGETHER. In this moment, Chewy seems to be HIS spirit animal.
Our dogs love us, that's what it is.
Jack can hold it over night without any trouble, but when I wake up, he opens an eye and watches me walk to the bathroom.
Awwww...makes me miss my Champers
So my TMI question - which one of you went first? (and who had to hold it?)
oxxo
There is no night time pee break at my house without at least 2 cats following me into the bathroom. Chewie needs to get Gus in on the action!
I think Meredith got it right. My cat can sense me heading to the bathroom at any hour of day or night. It's our "together time" (although, I suspect it has to do with a captive audience to adore and pet her).
I miss my little dog following me to the bathroom. I could never go back to sleep if I got on the computer in the middle of the night - once I am awake, that's it for the day.
Chewie is clearly your spirit animal. He is so cute, I wish you could have brought him with you on your trip (though I understand why you didn't). I complain about our dog, Charlotte, all the time. But I'm usually just joking. My favorite thing she does is come to bed with my every night and make me lift the covers so she can get under there. Then she curls up right next to my stomach like a baby. So comforting!