In the darkness of night

July 7, 2009 -

The past two times I've been out of town, my boyfriend insists that Copley is up to something.  The first time, he complained that she stared at him the whole time.  He even took pictures to prove it. 

While I was out of town two weeks ago, he told me that he caught her closing the gate behind her, returning to bed in the middle of the night.  Yes, you read that correctly.  One can only assume that if she was closing the gate behind her - she opened it to get out! Naturally, I thought this was funny and gave him my "yeah, OK, whatever" look until last night.  I witnessed her stealthy moves. 

In the middle of the night, I woke up to some light banging but quickly fell back asleep.  What I imagine to be about an hour later, I heard this "whoop, whoop, whoop" noise.  This sound was all too familiar - the sound of Copley munching on a Marrow Bone.  As I lay there, I remembered that I intentionally left the Marrow Bone in the family room and out of the bedroom. 

Copley had done it.  She opened the gate and escaped into the family room in the darkness of night.  My wild imagination started brewing and I can only imagine a situation similar to that of Toy Story where things come alive at night.

I imagine Copley sneaking out of the bedroom, putting on a sparkly tank, throwing a sheet over the balcony, and scurring off in the middle of the night.  She meets up with her other pals where they have a disco dance party, a few drinks, and maybe even a first kiss.  Then they tip toe back to bed, climb under the covers, and act like nothing ever happened.

Sounds a bit crazy.  Or, does it?