Mom has a lot on her mind lately. Therefore she did what generations of women in her family have done in similar situations – she cleaned the house. I’m not talking your average weekly chores. I’m talking about finding what’s that in the back of the cupboards and closets, and dusting the top of the refrigerator and doorframes cleaning. While she worked, the stress eased and she started to sing….loud. Good, right? Wrong. Mom was accidentally serenading Dad and a very important client in a meeting. That’s when Asa sprang to her rescue!

While Mom was downstairs, rocking out to her off-key a cappella version of Tesla’s “Getting Better,” Asa was sleeping directly under Dad’s desk. Moments after Mom’s impromptu concert began, Asa started having a very vivid dream which made him howl in his sleep. Not just any howl, a primal howl, that would impress his Dire Wolf ancestors. Along with it, he began thumping his tail equally as loud. Dad, unable to stop Mom, knew he could at least stop Asa. Yet just as he awkwardly tried to nudge him under the desk while still talking to the client, Asa did a mighty kick, sending the wastebasket flying across the room and into the closet door with a loud bang! Although I was watching this unfold, the basket startled me, and I jumped up barking. At this point, no one cared about Mom’s singing in the background.

But here’s the the thing, the client, who is a rather big account, didn’t mention Mom’s singing. He was concerned though about the banging, barking and howling, and asked if everything is alright. Dad awkwardly explained what happened, and the man laughed. Apparently his two Pugs were wrestling at a distance just beyond his arm’s reach, and the entire time he was worried that our Dad was hearing that noise. They both laughed over the unexpected issues of working from home with dogs, and quite honestly, Dad said the meeting went a lot better after Asa’s outburst. That still doesn’t get Mom off the hook with her singing though!

What did I miss? Why is everyone laughing?