Day 40

Monday, another day off work & a lie in until 8 am when the bin men woke me making a racked outside the house. Still buzzing after an awesome night out with my mates for my birthday.  We went to the River Rooms to see FM and Bernie Marsden.  Didn't recognise many of the tunes that Bernie played, but he definately has it from his days with Whitesnake.  FM were absolutely amazing, just as they were the previous twice I saw them, can't wait for their new album to be released on Friday.  The River Rooms was packed, haven't seen it like that for a while.  After the gig we met Steve Overland, Pete Jupp & Jem Davis from the band and also Bernie Marsden & had photos with them,I even got a kiss from Steve Overland & he wished me happy birthday, so I'm not gonna wash for a week, lol.

Made two cakes to take into the office for my birthday using my Halloween baking tins, so we have a coffin shaped lemon dribble & a skull shaped lime dribble, I'll probably pick up a few doughnuts too.  Took the pooches out while it was still light & before WW3 breaks out again as Lady wouldn't go out for a wee last night due to the fireworks.

Next task was to change my bedding, not a task I relish, I'll never understand why changing the duvet cover is so difficult, unless you're an octopus that is.

Really not going back into the office tomorrow, I've had such a great weekend with my m8's, the kind you don't want to end.  Hopefully I'm only working 2 days this week as I've requested Thursday & Friday off.

Day 38 & 39

A lie in on Saturday morning following yesterday's long journey from Scunthorpe.  What a night we had, the show was amazing & the crowd went wild.  Managed to pull another woman!!!  She decided to sit on my lap & tell me how disappointed she was that I wouldn't dance with her, she also told me she would never forget me!! FREAK!!!  So Saturday began with walking the hounds and a tootle around Wolverhampton, treated myself to a couple of CD's because I can.  Not much else happened except a trip with my mate and her hubby to Solihull for her Cher gig at the Red House.  She sounded absolutely amazing, shame the crowd weren't as appreciative as they could have been, but they seemed to enjoy it anyway.

Driving home from my mates house when a bunch of dickheads let a firework off across the Dudley Road, so I decided to stop & call the Police.  Whilst waiting for them to answer the call my car was circled by a prostitute looking for business, I didn't realise they were so desperate, she was like a fly round a turd.

Another lie in on Sunday morning, it's my birthday so it's allowed.  Gave the pooches their wormers today before settling down with a cuppa to open my presents and cards, I've got some booze to keep me going & also some more skull themed stuff.  Everyone knows me too well, lol.

Another quick tootle around Wolves and Walsall before heading home to walk the hounds & feeding them.  Off out in a bit to celebrate my birthday with my mates, no idea where we're going, they said it's a secret, wherever we go I'm sure it'll be great.

Day 36 & 37

So, Thursday sees me getting up & going into work a bit later as last night was a late one (got home at 3.15 am), thank goodness for flexi time.  Arrived at work at 10.30 am to find the computers working slower than slow, if they get any slower we'll be back in the last Millenium, IT don't wanna know & keep blaming Microsoft while we're all pulling our hair out as everything is taking twice as long to do.  My chest was feeling pretty crap as the infection seems to be finding it's way there, hope to be shot of it soon.  More slowness during the afternoon, it took forever to generate this weeks' report.

Straight from work to the Goodyear Pavillion for a meal with some colleagues as our manager is leaving us for a secondment & two others have recently left us too.  Good to have a catch up & a natter with everyone & the food was pretty awesome too.  I had the Cajun Chicken with chips, peas & salad followed by lemon shortbread cheescake, delish.  Back home at 8 pm to feed the hounds.

Friday, no work, yippee!!!  Woke reasonably early (8.30 am) to find myself coughing my lungs up to remove some of the crap off my chest, not nice, but at least I'm getting rid of it.  Walked the hounds & a visit to Lidl all before 11 am, a trip to Scunthorpe later with my mate & her hubby for her gig, so that'll be nice, not sure who she is today, lol, so that'll be a surprise.  A great start to my birthday weekend.  Only bad point is this bloody bug, I always seem to get sick just in time for my birthday, it gets me down.  I reckon people should be banished from the office when they've got it.  Six days in & I'm coughing up already, so hopefully it won't linger this time.

Day 35

A little less snotty this morning, hopefully over the worst of the lurgy, but feeling like it might be going to my chest :-(

A normal morning of trying to keep up with everything followed by a trip into town for a gift for our manager who is leaving for pastures new at the end of the month.  Opted for a Pandora charm & a bottle of Vodka, she'll probably need that the most, lol.  The town centre was chaos as the rugrats are off school this week, so my short visit ended up being half an hour longer than intended.  Shocked to be stopped by a chugger who wanted to tell me my hair looked nice & it suited me, all my mates tell me, but it gives you a bit of a buzz to be told by a total stranger.  Back to the office to show everyone the gifts and wrap them up.  All this secrecy is such hard work, I could never have an affair lol, it's too tiring.

More of the same for the afternoon and managed to finish on time too, bonus!!  Home to hound snuggles and dinner, a quick chill out before I head up to Manchester on an airport run to pick up my mate.  Never driven up there before, so hope I don't get lost!!  Flight due at 23.50.

Day 34

Still feeling crap with this darn cold, except my throat's not quite as sore, thankfully.  Would even go so far to say I was quite lively when I woke & even got ready in plenty of time, shock horror.

The hounds were toasty when I got up (before them) as I'd put their house coats on them for the first time, they spent a little longer in the garden, they're obviously feeling the cold now.  Better sort out their fleecy PJ's at the weekend for when it gets colder.

So, the usual stuff at work, finally caught up with some finance stuff.  Had to dash out at lunch time to find something for a new colleagues 40th birthday tomorrow that had been dumped on me.  So what do you buy someone that you barely know for their birthday (she's only worked with us about 5 weeks)?  The answer a 40th birthday champagne flute & a bottle of Prosecco, the boss thought it was a good purchase so that was ok.  The afternoon consisted with a bit of faffing & this & that & managed a peek at a colleagues holiday snaps from Nevada, oh I wish I could afford a break.  I can't even afford a wet weekend in Brighton.

So home for dinner & hound time, tonight's culinary delight, egg & chips, my appetites still not great, but never mind I could do with losing some weight.  A trip to Asda followed to get fuel ready for tomorrow's trip, so twat had twisted the pump nozzles, so the diesel pump whacked my car when I took the unleaded one out!!  Can't see any damage, inflated my tyres too, can't believe how much air they lose.  Went into the store to check if my coasters had arrived to realise I must have dropped my receipt whilst faffing about with the fuel pump, but never mind, they allowed me to pick them up by confirming my contact number, all good & they look brill, I'm really impressed.  Treated myself to a bottle of Bombay Sapphire with last year's Christmas money, I'll save it til I'm feeling better so that I can savour the flavour, also picked up a ticket for the big Friday draw on the Euromillions & cashed in my scratchcard that I'd won a tenner on a couple of weeks ago.  Keeeerching!!

That's all for today.

Day 33

Ugh, Monday, not keen on them at the best of times, but today was exceptionally hard to lift my head from the pillow as I'm full of stinking cold.  At least I didn't have to race around too much as I didn't need to go straight to the office due to a blood test, so spent a bit of time working from home to start the day.

So off to the office, a speedy stop of for fuel first, tootled through my morning & about 50 million tissues later lunch time arrived.  Finding it hard to eat anything at the moment as my throat feels like I've gargled with 25 razor blades.  Managed to munch my way through a chicken sarnie.  A trip to Aldi for Lady's food before the afternoon installment began.  Pretty much the same as the morning, answering the phone is a killer, but no one offers to do it for you, hey ho.  Pumped myself up with more paracetamol & hot drinks, but no difference.  Sorry hounds, no walk again tonight as I can barely put one foot in front of the other never mind holding onto hounds weighing 35 kg, 28 kg & 27 kg.

So my evening will consist of tatting about on Facebook & watching crap on TV in my onesie still shivering my way through the rest of the day.  Not looking forward to several more days of this!!

Day 32

So after a disturbed nights sleep with the side effects of my medication I woke later than I needed to & with the lurgy too.  Really felt like staying in bed, but we had our special tweet up today as our friend Maureen is in the UK for a few days.  It was a real struggle to drag myself out of bed, but I managed it & also managed to prepared the hounds dinners for tonight.  Managed to arrive at Cannock Chase before the walk had set off armed with toona cayke for the hounds and Halloween sweets for the humans.  An enjoyable walk followed by a natter, some cake & some of Mark's home made 15% cider.

Got back home & couldn't stop shivering so went to bed for a couple of hours before getting up again & trying to eat something, still feel lousy.  Got the bins ready early today to save going outside in the cold, think I'll have an early night & some paracetemol.

Day 29, 30 & 31

Been a bit busy to post for a couple of days, so here's a whistle stop tour.

Thursday, a pretty normal day at work, hoped to finish a little earlier, but had to settle for finishing on time as one of my meetings took an extra half hour.  Dashed home to sort out the hounds with dinner etc & then quickly get ready as my mate was receiving a special award for her musical talents, well deserved too.  I don't understand why people don't recognise amazing talent sooner.  A well attended, my mate was head and shoulders above everyone else, I know I'm biased, but she's bloody amazing.

Friday, no work today, yippee!!!  A bit of a lie in (8am) as I'd had a late night, fed & walked the hounds and then made two toona caykes ready for Sunday.  Shower & get ready for a road trip to South Wales with my mate & her hubby for a Cher gig.  The venue didn't look much, but the crowd seemed to enjoy Cher and the Motown group that also performed, some great comments from the punters.  We had a laugh on the way home as the sat nav told us to head for a-burger-vanny, as it happened we were trying to look out for a Maccies, lol.  Arrived home at 3 am for quick hound cuddle before bed.

Saturday started with an 8.30 am alarm & breakfast for the hounds.  Decided to take Lady to try our luck at the Birmingham Dogs Home dog show at Sunnyside kennels.  We decided to enter two classes, best pedigree and prettiest bitch, pleased to say we managed a second place in the best pedigree class, unfortunately we didn't place in the other class.  Feeling proud of my baby girl. Hounds have been fed and walked and are snoozing.  I'm fed, so just need a shower before I head out to my mates house to go out to tonight's gig in Coventry.  Having a great weekend so far!

Day 28

Dunno what's come over me, but I was up & ready for work early again today, managed a trip to Morrisons to pick up cat food & still got to the office before 8.30am.

Slow start to the day with the shit IT system, can't believe how long it takes to log on every day.  No managers meeting, so that gave me an hour and a half to do something constructive.  Kept myself up to date during the morning ready to do some work on procedures following lunch.

Lunch was my normal sit in the car to eat my butties, bugger all to do in Pendeford except visit Morrisons & I can't do that every day.  Kept my promise to myself to do some work on procedures, another one ticked off the list.  Already got plans for tomorrow, lets see if that materialises.

Home to the hounds for cuddles & dinner, yes they shared my fishcakes!!!  Bloody freezing again tonight.  Edited my photo for my outlook account at work as it was pretty shit, my face was so red it looked like a slapped arse, now it looks a bit better, ready to be uploaded tomorrow.

Ready for bed already, I'm knackered!!

Day 27

Woke up feeling dog rough, getting a bit fed up of it now!  Nevertheless a trip to the local Aldi before work.

Managed to stay ahead of the game in the office, even though I was missing for an hour & a half while I had supervision.  Even managed to tick off the list of actions I was given last time.  No breakfast as I felt revolting, so spent my supervision with my stomach gurgling away in the need for food.  Escaped at 12.00 pm so breakfast was the chicken salad sandwich that I picked up for lunch & cheese & onion pom bar & a spot of knitting for half an hour.  The next hour was spent traipsing back & forth to reception as there was no one manning the reception, meaning I got jack shit done for an hour, but quite a productive afternoon and even managed to finish on time, very rare for me.

Home to feed the hounds & myself, feeling really rough again, I don't know why, feeling rather cold too so I'm hoping I'm not coming down with something.  Think it's gonna be another walk free evening for the hounds as they're stretched out on the chairs, that's good as I'm not sure I could cope with a walk.  Meds & an early night I think for me, hope I feel better tomorrow.

Day 26

So the new week has begun follow a crap night's sleep.  Actually arrived at work early, lol & full of plans in my head of what I was going to do today.  The morning didn't start off as expected & I soon ended up doing something different to what I had planned.  Lunch was spent doing a bit of hand sewing I'd not had chance to do as well as having a chat with a mate via messenger.  The next hour found me answering the phone constantly as there was no cover due to sickness, why does everyone have to phone at lunchtime?

The afternoon began pretty much the same as the morning with more stuff I'd not planned interrupting my flow.  However, I did manage to achieve some of the chores I'd got on my list. Needed to at least start some of them as I've got supervision tomorrow, so that's that box ticked.

Feeling pretty dire by the time I reached home & not feeling much better as I write this, hoping it's my sugar level that is too low rather than a problem with my BP.  Unfortunately, that means no walk for the hounds tonight, but they seem happy enough sleeping on the chairs.

Uploaded a couple more pics to my Viewbug page & entered a couple of challenges, got a few more likes and peer awards in the process.

Day 23, 24 & 25

So, finally it's Friday & even better, only half a day at work!!  Yippee!! Squeezed all the jobs in that I needed to & then headed for home & a bit of time with the hounds.  First job at home was to make a tuna cake for my boy, Badger as it was his 5th gotcha day, so he got plenty of treats & extra cuddles. A walk for the 3 hounds before a quick shower & a trip to Nuneaton as my mate was performing as Pink at La Tavola Calda, the venue was a bit quieter than usual, bur the show was as fantastic as usual.

Saturday began with a VERY early start (6.30 am) due to a training session at Birmingham Dogs Home on Health & Safety and Dog Behaviour.  The morning session was a bit boring, who likes Health & Safety?  Some good discussions went on though.  Lunch, a fab buffet and then the second session started.  Some great tips picked up from the specialist trainer followed by a bit of fun with some practical clicker training with Sprout & Tilly, two of the Greyhounds that joined us for the day. We also managed to have a look around the kennels at the dogs looking for new homes.  BDH have a fantastic new building as their base, very clean, friendly staff and great facilities.

A quick stop off back home to get ready for my mate to pick me up for a trip up to Manchester where she was performing as Cher, a quiet night in the casino, but the show was ace.  Very tired following a very long day.  Finally hit the sack at about 2.30 am after sorting out the hounds on my return.

A lovely lie in on Sunday morning, til 10.30 am, amazed I managed to sleep in that long.  Breakfast for the hounds then a brief trip to the shops & then dropped off some raffle donations before heading home to walk the hounds in the sunshine.  A lazy afternoon broken up by sorting out the bins for collection tomorrow morning.  Dinner eaten and now a lazy evening in front of the TV.

Day 22

Didn't want to get up this morning (nothing new there).  Forced myself to get ready & get to work on time, shock horror!  I really wish I could 'retire' & spend my days with my fur babies, would love more time with them.  Guess I'll just have to settle for the couple of days annual leave I've booked.

Another boring lunch break broken up by a trip to Marsh Lane parade for a birthday card & mooch around the meat wholesalers, came out with 3 joint of gammon for a fiver & a big string of sausages.

Couldn't wait for the afternoon shift to be over, although it was quite a productive day & only one task to carry over to tomorrow morning.  Hounds are fed, just me to feed and then I'm off for a night out in Rowley Regis at a charity event for an animal rescue abroad.  My mate is signing tonight along with the best Meatloaf tribute I've heard & some others.  Probably a late night tonight, so I really, really won't want to get up tomorrow, lol.

Day 21

Today started with a bit back trouble, I couldn't get it off the mattress!!  This meant getting ready at break neck speed to get to work almost on time with a quick divert to Morrisons on the way to get cat food for the moggies & only 7 minutes late :-)

So, today was the day I finally caught up with my workload, yippee, dunno how long that will last!!  Actually managed to finish on time too (well almost).

Lunchtime today saw a quick drive to the kennels to collect food for the hounds as we've almost run out, a 13 mile round trip in my break & a hastily eaten lunch & I'm ready for a meeting as soon as I walk through the door.

The hounds enjoyed a tootle in the garden when I got home & some fusses from some passers by who asked if Greyhounds are the same as Whippets.  Really??  They must be feeling the drop in temperature now as they soon went back in for their dinner, lol.  It'll soon be time to dig out their house coats & my autumn pj's too.

Tonight is a can't be arsed night as the muscles in my right arm really hurt, emptied the drain on the washer in the hope I can fix it without the need for an engineer & flooded the bloody kitchen in the process, who knew the drain held so much water??

Think I'll do a spot of knitting before an early night.  Nite nite

Day 20

Change of scenery today as my day started with a training course at Mander House, walking through the Wulfrun Centre Guns n Roses was playing through the PA, Sweet Child.  How tempted was I to run along the walkway & slide on my knees doing air guitar, lol.  I didn't though as I was wearing new trousers :-D.  So, learned quite a lot on my course, unusual as they're not usually very good quality courses or trainers, so that was a breath of fresh air.  Back in time for a quick catch up with emails etc before heading out for lunch.  The downside is you can't get anything done by the time you've replied to messages & been to meetings, hate those days, so now I'm even more behind.

The hounds are being lazy tonight (for a change, lol) and I'm feeling cold, hope I'm not coming down with something, had earache for most of the day.  Finally got time to change the troublesome indicator bulb, hope that fixes the problem & gets rid of the need for an auto electrician.  Today it didn't work at all, but it doesn't look like it's blown??  Bizarre, but I guess we'll see what happens.

Feeling exceptionally tired tonight, I don't know why, think it might be the effects of the nights drawing in.  I did want to mow the lawn tonight, but really couldn't be arsed.

Must go shopping tomorrow as I need some ingredients for my boys gotcha day cake.  Love that boy so much, he made me fall in love with Greyhounds & turned my life around.

That's it for today.

Day 19

Surely, it can't be Monday already?

Back to the office, nearly caught up with myself, don't know how long that will last.  Been really warm all day in the office, but now I'm feeling cold.  Lunchtime was spent in the car knitting a snood for one of our hound pals, nearly half done already.  A nice relaxing break spend listening to my new album, Employment by Kaiser Chiefs; I don't know how I've not discovered this album before!

My feet hurt like hell today, so I won't be moving far.  The bitch next door has pulled my fence panel down yet again, getting really sick of it now, no wonder my blood pressure is high.

So the dogs have eaten dinner & are fast asleep, I think they're starting to feel a little cold too, nearly time to dig out their house coats & PJ'S, bless em, I can't believe how much I love these little dudes, they're my life.

Entering a few more photo challenges on the photo sharing site I'm using & probably a bit more knitting to chill me out a bit and an early night's in order too I think, my body feels drained........

Day 18

Another lie in (til 8.00 am) before breakfast for the hounds & a cuppa with 3 digestives for me.  I'm sure my hounds can read the calendar as they always seem to know when it's Tweet Up day.  This time it was Badger's turn to go as Lady went to the last one.  Willow hasn't been to one for ages as she barks at everything that moves and everything that keeps still, lol.

Of we trundle to Cannock Chase, we were quite early so only Mark & Abby were there with Katie, Graham & Poppet.  It wasn't long before other people started arriving.  It was a smaller walk that normal, possibly as some other events were going on today.  We had 24 Greyhounds, 3 Whippets & 1 companion breed.  Our tootle round the chase starts and finishes at the cafe with sausages and other treats for the hounds.  Jayne was absent today, so no cakes for the humans this time :-(  Back home to give the two girls a walk, then a bit of a chill out before feeding the hounds & cooking a roast dinner for me.

Having a quick cuppa now before I hit the shower before I head out to Tipton to see my mate singing as herself, no alcohol for me though thanks to the anti-biotic cream I'm currently using.

These weekends go way too fast!!

Day 17

So, it's Saturday & time for a lie in (well, til 7.30 am). First job to sort out the hounds breakfasts while they have a run in the garden & prepare their kibble, same as every other day.  Today I should have been doing an awareness event for the RGT, but still suffering side effects from the drugs so decided to give it a miss.  Not a good look puking over our punters.

Next job of the day to have a trim, the last few days of styling have been a bit difficult as my hair is the longest it's been for a while, this meant having to use stiff gel rather than my usual one.  Loving my style, 15 minutes to trim & about 5 minutes to wash & style it, lol.

Next, a quick journey to Willenhall to buy a hasp & staple to stop bitch face & the rugrats from next door accessing my garden while I'm at work.  Blimey the screws you get with these things are shit, so had to dig out some decent screws, finally all complete after about half an hour.  Just need someone to help me get the fence panel lifted into place now & we're all secure again.

Trimmed the rest of my hair back to grade 1 ready for my friend Laura to run her hands over my bristles, lol.  Straight into the shower as my trim had me looking like a gorilla with all the hairs on my back & chest, lol.

Time to make a toona cayke for tomorrow's Greyhound walk, hopefully we can make it if I'm not feeling too bad.  If not, I'm sure I can think of three hounds that will manage to eat it.  Chicken crown to cook & a roast dinner for me before relaxing in front of the TV for the evening, only thing missing is some alcohol, if only!

Day 16

Yet another disturbed nights sleep, hence I didn't want to get up this morning (nothing new there). Still feeling light headed from the medication, but thankfully not as nauseous, managed to last a full day at the office today with colleagues offering to get drinks for me to save me moving about too much.  Seemed to do the trick & I managed to get loads done.

A quiet night in with the hounds & a bit of messing about on the laptop making word clouds, I now have them for my Facebook pages & even made two for work (IN MY OWN TIME).  If only others were the same eh?

My head is in a bit of a muddle as I've been given information on two jobs this week which I'm thinking of applying for, both the same grade as I'm currently on.  So, my dilemma?  Do I move away from what I'm doing (and love, hence me doing work things at home) and take on a PA role, do I diversify completely with an interim role with a view to a career in a completely new direction, which would also mean the need to study.  Or do I sit tight for a little longer & wait for something closer to home?  My head hurts from mulling all this over, really wish I had someone to discuss it with.  Although the hounds are really attentive when I talk to them, the conversation is a little one sided & I think all they really want to do is eat dinner & sleep for the rest of the evening.

So, have taken my third of my BP meds, lets see what happens tomorrow & how much I can move without throwing up.  Joy of joys.  No walk for the hounds tonight again as I'm feeling crap, hopefully I can make it up to them over the weekend, especially as we're meant to be meeting our hound pals.

Day 15

A disturbed nights sleep, having to get out for a pee (extremely unusual for me) and then a bout of indigestion, needless to say I didn't want to get up when the alarm went off.  Thankfully the pain in my feet wasn't quite as bad as normal which was lucky as I was finding it difficult to remain upright with the side effects of my new BP medication.  Everything went to plan with the morning routine and I managed to stay upright & get myself off to work.

After three hours of fighting the urge to puke if I moved anything other than my hands I decided enough was enough & it was time to call it a day.  With a shit load of work I can't afford the time to go off sick, so thank goodness for agile working.  Threw everything in my laptop bag & managed the short journey home without puking or passing out, my achievement for the day.  Surprisingly got loads done as I was only moving my eyes & hands & even managed to keep a sandwich down all day.

Don't think I'm well enough to take the hounds for a walk as I'm still really light headed, but I think they enjoyed having me home, I'm sure I noticed a smile while they were fast asleep, lol.

Nearly time for my second dose, hopefully I won't be feeling as bad after that one, apparently the side effects reduce after 2 weeks, I really hope it doesn't take that long!

Day 14

Woke up knackered, haven't recovered from the sleepless night caused by the bloody BP monitor I had to wear.  Struggled to keep awake in this mornings meeting as it was longer than normal.  Still trying to catch up with myself after losing time when our files were shifted onto a cloud, they reckon technology speeds things up!!

Another early finish for yet another doctor's appointment, I should be on the payroll, I've been there every day this week.  So today's verdict, yes my BP was sky high for most of the 24 hours I wore the monitor so medication it is.  Getting old is a bummer, also got cream for the rash/spots I've been suffering with on my fizzog.  Never known a topical medication where you can't drink alcohol, what a pain in the arse, I'm not alcoholic, but it's nice to have a drink when I fancy one:-(

Back home for dinner & another naked walk with the hounds before it dropped too cold, the coats will no doubt be out soon.  Also a bonus to still walk them while it's still light as Lady's not keen on the dark.

Feet up, brew drunk, time to wait & see if the side effects kick in.  Hopefully I'll sleep tonight.

Day 13

Not a good day today, hardly had a wink of sleep thanks to the BP monitor attached to my left arm. The darn think kept me awake as it checked my BP every hour during the night, as I struggle to sleep anyway, this was a nightmare, so I got about an hour of broken sleep all night.  Dead on my legs and a day at work ahead of me, not a good combination!!

A pretty uneventful day at the office, bizarrely got invited to a meeting to discuss figures in an monthly report which I've never seen, hmm.  An early finish again to dash to the doctors to have the monitor removed (hopefully I'll sleep tonight).  Not great news, all the readings downloaded, only 5 or 6 readings within the normal ranges, all of the other were too high, so that's me with an urgent appointment to see the GP, looks like spending the rest of my natural on meds :-(

Hounds fed, dinner eaten, time to walk the hounds, a quick whizz to Asda and then to chill with a beer.

Kind of wondering why none of my medical conditions don't enable me to get free prescriptions, not of them will ever get any better, just a question of which one will finish me off!

Day 12

So the weekend is over, boo hoo!!!  Nose back to the grind stone, someone has to earn treat money for these gorgeous hounds :-)

The day starts in agony from my PF, just putting my feet to the floor is a challenge in the morning. Early finish for a medical appointment, so no lunch break for me.  Not planning to sleep tonight thanks to the 24 BP monitor that is strapped to my left arm & makes if feel like a sausage being grilled when the skin is about to burst.  Double whammy when I was given a flu jab in my other arm whilst I was there, I'm sure they must love me really.  So I struggle to sleep on my back, can't sleep on my left arm because of the monitor & my right arm is sore, so looks like a fun night for me.

On a plus note, uploaded 8 images on a photo sharing site & got 17 peer awards in less than five minutes, bringing my total to 65, some of which are from professional photographers.  To say I'm pleased is an understatement.

That's it for now, off to feel sorry for myself.

Day 11

A bit of a lie in (8 am), bacon butty then a walk in the sunshine with the hounds, don't suppose we'll get many more naked walks now (them, not me).  A flying visit to see Bazza & his family & deliver his toona cayke & cheezzy muffins, his eyes were like saucers, lol,  Oh and a gingerbread man for his brofur with no fur aka Da Hoopup as they're his favourite!!

Then on to Dudley for a showcase of local entertainers with my m8's, had a great afternoon with lots of laughter, the entertainment was pretty good too & got sung to by a soul/motown artist, lol.  Always great to get a few bevvys in with my m8's.

Back home to sort out the recycling & wolf my dinner down before heading over to Stoke for my m8's gig, the hounds have mostly slept and are now sleeping off an early dinner.

Weekend's always fly by!!

Day 10

First job of the day to take my boy to give his first donation of blood to the pet blood bank.  What a good boy he was, not phased at all as he was enjoying all the cuddles and ear scratches from the staff. The only bit he wasn't so keen on was being lifted onto the table on to his side, he was almost falling asleep during the donation, lol.  He was rewarded with a bandana, a tag for his collar, a toy and some treats.  A great experience for owner and hound.

A quick trip to the supermarket & home to bake a toona cayke for a friend of my hounds.  Quick chill out before having a shower & heading out.