Smart and loved.

Every day, Tripod shows me that she can outsmart me.  It’s….astonishing. 🙂

My husband, Peter’s in the navy, which means that there are many lonely nights.  Tripod has gotten into the habit of sleeping in the bed with me when Peter’s not home.  I encourage this.  When we first got Tripod, I’d be asleep inside 15-30 minutes and could sleep for hours on end.  Well, about a month ago it became hard for me to stay asleep for more than 2 hours.  I’d go to sleep with Tripod in the bed, and wake up to her being gone!  She at some point left me to go sleep in her bed that she sleeps in when Peter is home.  The past week’s been worse, it’s now taking me at least an hour to go to sleep.  But I found something out:  Tripod stays in bed with me until she thinks I’m asleep (which was as I said earlier 15-30 minutes), then gets up and goes back to her bed on the floor!  <3

To some, this may seem like she’s just been getting uncomfortable and leaves, etc.  To me, it just shows how much she loves me.  She’s kind of a comfort of security when my husband’s not home…she makes me feel a little bit safer.  She gets back in around dawn to make sure she’s in bed when I wake up.  I think she knows my insecurities about my being alone, and she wants to make sure I feel safe.

I’m so glad I have her.  I know people say how lucky she is to have us, but really it’s the other way around.

I feel like I’m rambling, but I just wanted to get this out.  She’s showing how smart she is (I would never have thought about doing that) and how much she’s bonded with us.  I can’t wait to find out what else Tripod’s capable of.  🙂

This is the picture that made us fall in love.