I am packing up and getting ready to go home for spring break, and I am so excited because I get to see you for the first time in weeks. It broke my heart to leave you when I had to go back to school after winter break. You looked at me with your "don't leave me" face, and I almost didn't.

At school, it's not the same without you. I miss going out and playing fetch with you, and you never getting tired, no matter how many times I throw that stupid ball to the same place over and over again. I miss coming home and sharing the couch with you, and you trying to play catch in the house, no matter how many times that we have told you, "No." I miss using you as a pillow while I watch movies or sneaking you some food from the dinner table while everyone else is not looking just to make sure that I will stay your favorite.

If you think that I forget about you while I'm at school, I want you to know the truth. There are more photos of you in my room than those of my parents or my friends. This is because not only do I miss you more than them, but you seem to take better pictures than any of them anyway. Also, I talk about you all of the time. Any time my friends bring up their dog, I have to mention you and prove that you are the best dog anyone could ask for. I always have a photo ready to show them how cute you are and how you are far more superior than their dog.

While this past semester has been dragging by because you have been so far away from me, I think we needed this time apart. I think we have taken each other for granted, and this time apart really showed me how much you mean to me. I won't yell at you when you almost trip me because you have no sense of personal space or when you stand on me to see better out the window while I am sitting on the couch; I know they are the ways you show you love me. I also cannot wait to see you again because you have the best "welcome home" display of affection that I have ever seen, and I cannot wait for you to attack me with kisses and jump on me to say, "Hello." I love you puppy, and sorry I have been away for so long.