Day 209

What a day!!! no time to think and no time to draw breath!

Up most of the night with the new addition to the family!!! i eventually got off to sleep at 4 am!!!! Awoken to Tim calling me and this bundle of fur shooting across the floor with my race sock in his mouth! This hastily retrieved by Tim only for Duke to swiftly collect something else! I should have taken that as an omen of the day to come.
Tim informed me that at 5 am he was up with Duke, grabbed my dressing gown to let Duke out when he did, Duke thought it was play time snatched at the belt and virtually disrobed Tim in one swift pull of the belt, leaving Tim exposing himself to all and sundry!! Maybe he will get some clothes on next time!!!

Work has been relentless, the phone hasn't stopped the people wanting to talk with me, care to be planned staff to be contacted the list goes on!!!

Duke to the vets for his jabs and micro chipping. I came home on my bike and didn't get it parked before Tim climbed on to go to town whilst i ate!!! it was something like the pony express!!!

Swimming tonight and then shopping.

Met a lady whose son had died several years ago and offered her condolences about Mikey!! so i blubbed in the shop. Later i met my very dear friend Diana who now has problems herself and if i can help her i will. It doesn't matter the age of our children they never really leave us. That's good and yet odd because when they are small we pray fro them to become adults and look after themselves. When they are adults we pray for them to be small because we realise they were no problem at all!!. Worry it never ends, in fact it magnifies because there is only so much they want us to do and only so much they want to share. The one thing we may be able to help is financially and then we are often saying if they don't learn to look after their money they never will. Its a no win situation for parents and child alike!!
Mikey remains ever at the front of our minds, how he would have loved Duke and have roared with laughing at the escapes he is getting into. My strawberry plants disappeared as i was speaking to Tim the grow bag where i had nurtured the plants from seeds, went in a flash and two paws hastily digging. Tim raced out into the garden but alas too late. Mike would I'm sure have made some very witty remark about leaving them out as temptation!

Dukes asleep and I'm going to try and creep into bed. Goodness only knows what will happen when the light goes off!
I will add the holiday diary on tomorrow but i have just about had it!!
Ah well tomorrow is another day!!