Why can’t my dogs sleep through the night?

So, I tried to let the dogs sleep upstairs last night, but that didn’t last long.  John went to PA yesterday morning to surprise his mom and see Emily before she headed back to Pittsburgh (he gets back tonight), leaving me I was alone in the house.  I’m easily unnerved, so I try to keep the dogs close.  We didn’t even make it to midnight.  Roxy got up and shoved repeatedly against the mattress with her chest.  I’m not sleeping through that, so I kicked them out.  Back downstairs for them.

I had arranged to come in to work late today, so I was able to sleep in this morning.  It was great.  No alarm clock, I woke up to beautiful blue skies, and I had more than enough time to run, have a leisurely breakfast (I watched another episode of Fringe), shower, and get to work with time to spare before our 1pm meeting.  The rest of the day has been a little crazy though, with several additional meetings and last minute requests from the client for data.  But it’s officially over now and I’m heading out to dinner with some people from work.