So, I had this dream last night that Cooper wrote me this letter. Apparently, he believes that Phoebe is getting all the attention. He commented that I haven’t written about him in the emails since we got Phoebe. He also thinks that Phoebe is very annoying, she wants to play with him constantly and now that he is mature, he thinks that is completely out of line. So he wants to remind me about the hierarchy, and he should be on top, and Phoebe should be relegated to a much lower position of recognition. "Ok", I said, I would take his views under consideration.
So then, Phoebe gets jealous and wants to voice her opinion. First off she wants to point out that female dogs have never gotten the recognition of male dogs, and she thought that I was being discriminatory. Second, she doesn’t understand why we don’t have the energy to play 24/7 and she thinks I should purchase Red Bulls for everybody. Ok, I apologized if I gave her the wrong impression and I would take this all under consideration and also I would consider the Red Bull thing.
Then my wife chimes in. What the hell was I thinking of when I decided to get a puppy. I miss my sleep so much and I think this is all your fault because you should have talked me out of this. Yes, you are absolutely correct. This is all my fault and you should take no responsibility. I apologize for not reading your mind correctly and I promise this will never happen again.
Just then a very foul odor wakes me up out of a very deep sleep, and I say “please not again”. I look at the clock and it is 2:15 AM.
My wife just says 2 words.
"Your turn."