Fudge woke me with his fidgeting shortly before
the alarm was due to go off this morning. I went downstairs to find "er
indoors TM" had spent the night on the sofa with the puppy.
She seems to be a rather delicate little blossom at times (the puppy, not "er
indoors TM"). When me and my dog came down and woke
them they both went up to bed. I thought the idea of "er indoors TM"
spending the night on the sofa was so that the puppy didn’t get the idea of
sleeping upstairs, but what do I know?
"Furry Face TM"
helped me eat my toast as I watched another episode of "Derek", and then I set off to work.
I got to my car and came straight back home again once I realised I had "er
indoors TM"'s car keys rather than my own.
Once I'd scraped the ice from the car I
set off to work, and again the dashboard thermometer read minus six degrees.
As I drove the pundits on the radio were
spewing their usual drivel. Apparently two high street banks aren't up to standard. Personally if I had
accounts with RBS or Barclays I'd be moving my money today. I have no idea
whether or not those two banks are good or bad, but having heard that the Bank
of England has given them the thumbs-down I wouldn't take any chances. I wonder
how many of their customers feel the same.
There was also talk about the growing extremism
across the world.
The chap on the radio said that two fifths of all Germans see all Muslims as a
threat. What a sad indictment of our world.
I got to work and we had a rather
fraught day. The inspectors were in, and nerves were frayed. They come round
every five years or so and it is usual for the inspectors to find many trivial
failings. It is a commonly overlooked fact that when I was in charge the
inspectors found the fewest failings they’d ever found. But am I bitter?
Once inspected I came home and found the
baby asleep in her cage. Fudge woke her with his excitement. I let her out of
her cage and spent a couple of minutes being licked by two dogs.
Against my better judgement I took both dogs
for a walk. I say “walk”; "Furry
Face TM" walked whilst the puppy was stuffed down the front
of my jumper. We didn’t go very far at all; the baby was terrified by every
passing car.
We came home to find "er indoors TM"
was home over an hour earlier than usual. It was as well that she was home; on
getting home her puppy immediately tiddled and pooped. She wanted the puppy;
she can clear up after her.
Lacey was having tea at her other grandparents
house just round the corner this evening. We collected her and took her home.
It was an outing for the new puppy if nothing else. Sometimes she isn’t quite
such a delicate blossom…
