door frames = evil

It has often been commented that "door frames are my natural predator" which is, unfortunately, harsh but fair.

I went out for lunch yesterday where the internal environment conspired against me.

I was attacked by a table, which grabbed my spasming foot sending me backwards, on my chair, into the door frame, door went nowhere, and was therefore just there to spite me, waiting to pounce!

one small lump came from the edge of the frame, however the door had glass panels, which I missed by not much, so not all bad.

next, and this is where the big bump comes from, fall sideways, in to the bobble near the base, on the top of the skirting board, ow!

Being unconscious at the time I have no actual evidence that it was a fiendish plot, but I'm sure they had blue prints and everything! Furniture being well known for it's vicious tendencies.

did scare the living daylights out of the little old ladies ... so not all bad!

still have a headache though, rubbish

New alarm clock

I have a new alarm clock, it works! (Thanks to Da Josaphine.)

Unfortunatly I had a bad fit yesterday, slept very badly and feel rubbish.

More sleep needed

Things not to happen at 70mph

EMB is fine and well, safe and sound, having established this you are free to read on ...

I got a phone call at 17.20 today, started with the ever reassuring "I'm ok, I'm not hurt ... but there's been an accident"

Look left, that would be a blown out tyre, not a good thing at the best of times, this is the reason for the phone call.

Below is what happens when you combine Armco barrier and Ovlov, scary stuff

MEET THE AU PAIRS

I just watched this program on the ever reliable More4.

I can honestly say that I have put more time and thought into getting someone to look after Ulrick and the chickens for a short holiday than was portrayed by two of the three families when looking for a long term live in help for their children.

Is this now normal? place an add, have a phone conversation, then pick your new family member up at the station? emb & I spent more time and effort finding the right dogs than was represented by the families looking for child care.

One line was "they need to start in 10 days" if they need to start that soon then why were you not looking earlier? (having said that you don't know how it was cut, if something else fell through, but still surely it's better to find the right person rather than the one that is there?)

Anyway, there's another one on next week!

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Here's how it might have been...

Can't stop the signal

waiting

Ok, so here I am, waiting in for people to come collect things, like beds, mattresses & wheelchairs. I’ve had two phone calls, one about the funeral, and one asking to speak to Tom. I’ve had better days.

On the plus side I’m here with Ulrick, he’s getting a bit clingy, I think he misses Tom & Lady. I know I do.

It’s gone 12 and no one is here yet, I’m starting to think they may not be coming. We have a room full of things that could be used by someone else. Ho hum.

Beware the Ides of March

didn't get job.

So, ok.

Tom & Lady have gone together, within
24 hours, cancer got them both. It’s all a bit numb. EMB & I are upset & Ulrick is confused, we’ve gone from a family of 5 to one of 3.

EMB’s aunt thinks Tom came to get Lady, and they are somewhere where Tom’s feeding her biscuits, and cake, and chocolate, and werthers originals, along will all the other stuff he used to feed her and then deny.

It’s a nice thought

WORLD NOT GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN

All still alive, but things not going well, not ready to talk about it.

sorry

raising the bowl

had to raise Lady's bowl up last night, she can't bend her neck enough to eat anymore, makes me a bit sad.

I did the chickens this morning,

freezing + chickens = frozen chicken poo

that's what you want on your Sunday morning! on the plus side the guinea pig hutch chicken seems like she's doing fine. The new ark came, it's cool but doesn't have a perch or a dark area, need to look to that.

I have new plan, with the new ark we'd be able to get some fertilised eggs and hatch them, assuming one of the chickens had gone broody, we'd have chicks, and then more chickens! cute or what!

Collar problems

I had to take lady’s collar off today, it was pressing on the tumour, so she was having trouble breathing. Not good, but she seems a lot better now. She’s still having trouble breathing but it’s not so bad. Have to say that it’s not looking good though.

Having said that, she was given 4 weeks to live in April, so she’s doing ok. We just got to see how it goes

Henpecked

For some reason 5 of the chickens decided the other one should cease to exist yesterday. Not good, all started last night when after matt brought the eggs in, one was covered in bloud, which had never happened before.

Anyway today I get a call at work, emb had checked on the chickens once the sun came up, and this poor one was in a bad state. Not as bad as when the fox got the rooster, but bad.

So to the phone call, he’d gone to our local pet shop to get something to put her in, which turned out to be a primary colour guinea pig hutch. He’d also ordered a chicken ark. Very busy emb

When I got home, she was installed in her new home, and looking better than she did, or so said emb.

Bird flu in the UK

Bird Flu is back this is not good, if H5N1 virus doesn't get them then DfRA might.

Maybe we should get the chickens masks ...

two steps forward, one step back

I feel sick, I've been sick (before I took my tablets), my tummy's messed up and I feel awful.

It's day 22, surely it should be getting better by now?

new side effect alert! (continued)

Stomach ache & anxiety (manifesting as a nightmare from which I wake up screaming)

there's lovely

When emb came to see what was wrong Ulrick had his front paws on the step but his back on the floor. He's not allowed upstairs you see, he came up with the emb. There is nothing better a scarring away monsters than a husband and a very big dog

Day 20 - same as CBB

Best wishes

ML, you'll be missed