Tonight Neko went to spend the night with Renita and Diane. A few weeks ago she began pestering us that she wanted to go spend the night and she wanted to go all by herself. No Shep.
After some calendar shuffling, we decided today was a good one. She’s been counting the days since Sunday, when she decided she could check the days off one by one. I regret that I did not take a photo when she had the marker taped to the wall next to the calendar, you know, just so it could be there when it was time to cross off a day.
After we dropped Neko off, we took Shep to dinner. I was stunned at how he was a non-stop stream of chatter over dinner. In our daily life, I don’t think I notice how much Neko dominates the conversation. But with his moment in the spotlight, Shep stepped up to plate, and continued to talk on through bedtime.