Flop

This last week and the weekend before really took it out of me, I can just about manage 3 days looking after Poppy, but when a weekend is added on aswell inbetween my 3 days each week it can all get a bit too much for me and I tend to flop, or get ill. This weekend I have had a bad throat again which was unexpected as I had a bad throat two weeks ago so I was not expecting another one, I can only think my immune system must be very low and I am catching anything that is going. My chest has been very tight too so I have been puffing on the inhaler like it is going out of business! Now I am attempting to relax today and rest my weary bones because tomorrow it all starts again, Poppy will be here first thing. This week I only have her for 2 days as on Thursday she has to go to the eye infirmary with her Daddy so hopefully I shall be able to cope okay and then five days off will let me recharge my batteries.

Yesterday we were invited to dinner at Emma and Lees house which was nice, roast beef and all the trimmings which for once I did not have to cook! Gray and Lee went to the pub to watch the football match where they met Steven, and Emma was to pick me up only Poppy fell asleep straight after she had lunch so I had to wait until she woke up, though as it happened the men got back from the pub before she woke,so Emma came round and fetched me. Emma said Lee had asked that our dogs also joined the outing so they were rather surprised when ushered into the car, Polly in particular was hanging back not expecting to go with us! Poppy was very pleased to see the dogs, as was Lily, she was sitting on Grandads lap having just woken up. She has a toy which she is very fond of which involves a row of little plastic animals which you push down and then when she pushes, pulls or turns various buttons they pop up. She thinks this is very funny and plays with it for ages. Yesterday she insisted the toy sat on my lap while the animals jumped up and down and it kept her occupied for a good while. She has also taken to playing with her dollies and it is so sweet to see her pushing them around in her little toy pushchair. After dinner Uncle Steven arrived with Murphy who immediately made for the rabbits and guinea pig hutch and would not stop staring at them, Polly had been sitting by the hutch too since she arrived though luckily neither the rabbit nor the guinea pigs seemed bothered! Poppy likes to go out into the garden and see them too so we all ended up out on the lawn in the late October sunshine, yes I said sunshine, it has been warm for this month, which is really nice (and most unusual!!) Poppy has taken a real liking to her Uncle Steven and gave him some lovely smiles:-)

So I did see Poppy this weekend though there were plenty of other people around to look after her and I just got to enjoy the time seeing and playing with her without the responsibility. We came home about 6pm as she was getting tired and was almost ready for a bath so it was best to come away and let Emma and Lee get her settled and ready for bed.