Month: August 2021

They’re still hanging around the house but there may be an end in sight. On Sunday they find out whether the lockdown is to be extended. I hope it isn’t for their sake, and, obviously mine. I like having them around and all but there is some truth in that saying: absence makes the heart grow fonder. let’s give that a go soon, shall we Mummies? Yes, we know it’s not up to you but let’s keep that in mind for Sunday …
But the good thing is – because there’s always an up side right? – is that Kaz has been taking photographs of me again. A few of them too. Now, this may or may not be true but I think she’s just following me around waiting for me to do stuff. Take today – Kaz practically told me to go and play with the tissues – don’t get me wrong, I was happy to do it for her – but really, doesn’t she know I need boundaries.

So why was she just watching me as I kept playing with the tissues and throwing them off the coffee table. She wasn’t just watching me, she was videoing me. I love that she wants to capture me on “film” all the time but… go out already!
And finally she did… She went to the shops and she brought a bag home with her – don’t get me wrong she often brings bags home with her but usually she has to buy them at the store because she’s forgotten to take them with her… but this one she took with her. It was pretty ‘sad that there wasn’t much in it when she brought it back. But I soon fixed that.

Will they please go out? Okay, yes, they do go out in the morning for a bit but then they come straight home: I know they’re coming straight home – they’re bringing coffees with them – last week they were having it down at the Broadwater. Why the change? Why, I ask you. Does it have something to do with the “lockdown” (and yes, those air quotes are there for a reason)? Or it is because they are racing home to watch the Olympics? They’re doing a bit of that lately – and they’re very voi voci noisy about it too. Especially about someone called Sam Kerr and something called the Matildas.
Kaz has been able to drag herself away from the television long enough to take me outside a couple of times. I have to keep insisting though – she says she’s going to take me out “after lunch” or “when there’s more sun” and then she forgets because she’s busy doing other things – and how can any of them be more important than me?
And did you hear Kaz came up with the idea of doing Stand-up Comedy?  How funny is that! An inveterate introvert thinking she could stand up in front of strangers and make them laugh … mind you, there was one smart thing she was planning to do: use me as her muse (read: subject matter)! How could she miss? Hmmm … it was just lucky Aunty M came the next day so they could watch that French show – and what should it be about but a starlet who wanted a new thrill, so she was trying out as a … stand-up comic. She bombed. And who says vicarious learning doesn’t work? Kaz hasn’t mentioned stand-up since. I guess that means she’s done a stand-down. (Geez, we might have been good together afterall!)

A girl really has to make her own fun while those Mummies are busy …