Every afternoon, between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., this is what rises up from underneath my desk. Blind Widget has a daily routine, which is to wander into my office, mill around my desk chair, then stand up on her little short legs and put her front paws on my lap. Her expression is inevitably, "So, what are you doing up there?"
My answer is usually the same: "Widget, I’m responding to emails, what are YOU doing?"
She always times this visit for late in the afternoon, when I’m trying to finish up emails and other office tasks so I can head outside for evening chores. For all I know, she just may be assuring herself that I’ve put in a full day’s worth of work while she’s been sleeping all day.
So after I give her a thorough ear scratch and some loving, she drops back down to the floor, only to mill around briefly and … reappear! Once is never enough. This time she had a good flap o’ the ears before climbing up again, giving her the windswept ears-back look.
Having satisfied herself that I really am working hard, she typically heads over to a dog bed in my office for a snooze. If both of the beds are occupied, she’ll wander back out to the living room, content to know she’s made her afternoon rounds and that all is as it should be.
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