Last night around 2 am, Aka came bolting out of his bed, barking and growling like mad. I mean it was a full throttle bark! Usually when he hears something, he will do a little bark under his breath type thing and I just say, it's okay and he curls back up.
I don't know if it was because he chose to sleep in his bed under the desk or what, but he came out in full battle mode. I tried to tell him it was okay but he was not having it!
Then I began to get nervous, "did I really lock all the doors?" "could there be someone/something out there?" Hey it's dark, it's 2 am, your mind plays crazy tricks on you.
I finally got the courage to get out of my bed, and go check around the house. I checked on Mom, she was fine, breathing normally. No one in the bathrooms (esp. behind the shower curtain in the tub!!  ), no one in the hallway, or any where else.
I checked out the windows to see if there was someone or an animal outside but couldn't see anything. Aka is right behind me while I am doing this checking but he is very quiet. Usually he is running all around me.
We went to the kitchen and checked the back and front yards, nothing.
I looked down at him and said, "is it still here?" he tilted his head in that rattie tilt he does and then turned around and headed back to our room. I was right behind him!!  He got up in bed with me and curled up and went right to sleep so who knows?
Maybe it was a sound he hadn't heard before, maybe he had a bad dream, or maybe... well I won't go there!!
Wow, what a brave little man he was. I just hope whatever/whoever doesn't come back tonight!!! |