His Dogness

Dear Diary,

Every spring, we go over to Runnymede Road to see the azaleas. When we went to see them this year, we saw them building a really big house.

Kim asked me whether I would like to live in that house. No, I said. I want to live in our house. If I lived in that house, I wouldn’t live next door to Ruby Red or Scotty.

And that house is so big that I might go looking for Doobins or Momma and never find them.

Today, we were going to play at a playgound. Doobins and I made up names for all the playgrounds we go to. We said we wanted to go to the Rainbow Playground. Momma and Kim said that was fine with them.

But, when we got there, the ground was all soggy. So we decided to go to the Secret Playground instead.

To get to the Secret Playground from the Rainbow Playground, you drive down Runnymede Road. When we passed the big house that they are building, Kim said, “There’s your house, Sparkle Girl.”

I knew he was just messing with me.

“Misery,” I said. “That’s what living in that house would be.”

Momma and Kim laughed.

I like it when I make them laugh.

Signed, Sparkle Girl