I don’t know what Kaz is on about. She took me out into the yard on Sunday morning and she was keeping me on a short leash – she can do that because she has one that yanks the cord back when she pushes a button – because she said she doesn’t trust me since I tried to leg it over the fence last time! Doesn’t she know that’s my job? I don’t want her to stand there and take photographs of me and then just drift off into doing whatever else she wants to do on her phone … as though I’m not there and that she isn’t totally responsible for me while I’m out in the yard. And it’s not like I actually got over the gate and fence and into the back yard last time. She dragged me off the top of it before I could fully scramble over!
But I didn’t have to worry about her at all last week. She was gone on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and didn’t get back until it was time for lunch on Thursday. And I didn’t have to go off to Aunty (I don’t think so!) Rosemary and her green hair because Sooz stayed at home to look after me, feed me, do my tray, play stringey thing with me, and let me share the bed with her … at nighttime. Yes, yes, I know I didn’t have to go running over it and her at 3 o’clock that morning but it was time for her to be up anyway. I was feeling a bit lonely without her. It’s different when they lock me out of the bedroom at night, but when I’m in there I really do want to be with them – unless I’m hiding under the bed so they can’t evict me.
Come to think of it, I did spend quite a lot of time with Sooz over those few days, sometimes cuddled against her … the only thing that could have made it better was if she’d had the electric blanket on … that would have been so toasty. But … not to be … although I did help them to put the new one on the bed yesterday. Aunty M had arranged to get it for them from the store where she works … and let me tell you it (that would be the electric blanket) is simply wonderful. It heats up for 0 to 100 in less than 60 seconds … oops, no, that would be the car I want to get … but the blanket really doesn’t take all that long … I heard Sooz raving about it last night.
Nigella ... 