Afternoon, mumpers! It’s currently 8c/47f with a predicted high of 9c/48f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “It’s fucking cloudy, but I checked my fucking pockets and I have zero fucks left to give.”
The girls appear not to be too traumatised, they all managed to scavenge sustenance from the automated feeders, and even came out to say hello when we got back in. Or subtly demand fresh food and litter. They all got both.
How exciting! I’m glad to hear the inspections weren’t too bad and you’ve only got things that are non-critical. Let’s hope you and the seller agree on a sensible price so you both get what you want.
At least you have a date when you can get out, Nelson will be counting the minutes!
For the very best of reasons, you are obviously very important to those two and they wanted you to know it. How kind of them, and what a great example to other people their age.
lily the Cat Distribution System will be rubbing its paws at that list! It might not be the best time of year for kittens, but at Little Paws HQ, there’s a never-ending supply of them! I prefer them when they’re closer to a year old and have got a little bit of independence about them but still got that kittenish curiosity. We took Blossom and Cherry in at just over 2yrs old, seeing them develop has been fun.
I hope you get over it soon, definitely listen to your body and take some time off to recover. Might take more than a day, but you’ll thank yourself when you get a quicker recovery instead of a lingering one!
The small supermarket I use started putting booze in locked cabinets, it was a good idea but it didn’t last. I suspect they got fed up having to drag staff away from something else every time someone obeyed the instruction to “buzz for booze”, and sometimes you had to wait so long for someone to turn up, they often arrived to find nobody waiting.
We had a fun weekend at the last gig of the year. We decided to go to Hereford by train as that was about the same cost as a tank of petrol and the overnight parking charges. We set up the automated feeders for the cats, and then got an Uber to the station. We had two possible routes to get to Hereford so on the outward one, we went north to Shrewsbury and then changed trains there to Hereford. Coming back, we went from Hereford to my usual Big City Station and then home that way.
Our hotel for the night was 10 minutes’ walk from the station and right next to Hereford Cathedral which is home to the Chained Library and Mappa Mundi. We checked in and went across the road to a nice little pub to wait for our friends to arrive. We met up with them in the pub down the road where the night’s band were performing. The band had just arrived, so we had a quick chat with the guys (and found out the reason they’d had to move from the original venue) then we went next door to a tiny little Thai restaurant for some food before the gig started.
While we were waiting for our food, we realised the restaurant is on the route of the Hereford Christmas Tractor Run, so we were entertained by the sight of decorated tractors rolling down the street.
Gig time arrived, the pub was packed and the band did a fantastic performance. Much fun was had, and we finally made the two minute walk back to the hotel just after midnight. We were up and out by 11am, our friends were going on to visit family in the area, so we made our way to the station via a breakfast stop on the way. Fortified with tea and food, we caught the train back to Big City Station, got a connection to our home station, and walked into town for a cab home. We’re in, the cats have survived our absence, I’ve unpacked and the laundry’s on. Chilli for dinner tonight, I think!
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and conga rats!
I don’t fancy the squirrel’s chances against Spot!