Day 35

Hello

I thought it was about time that you heard from Management, so here I am.  I mean we’ve already heard from one of the house cats, so I thought maybe I’d give you an insight into my exciting day, spent within the confines of the house and garden.  

Today’s tune of the day, “Man of the World” by Fleetwood Mac was chosen for no reason other than it was the song that was going around in my head when I first woke up today at 5.50 a.m. The reason for this early morning trip to the teapot must be because today is the first day of the Summer Term and so of course it’s back to work.

After breakfast the first thing to tackle was Smartlog Training – we really can’t have me running around the house if I’m not able to spot asbestos or know what to do in the case of a fire.  Must consult Mr H to find out where our fire assembly point is. I worked my way through two courses, but needed to resit the Fire Safety three times before I was awarded my certificate.

That done, a little light cleaning, which involved hoovering a large amount of topsoil from the duvet.  This has been brought in by a cat, who came straight from the garden to commune with us during our early morning cup of tea.  The cats enrich our lives in so many ways.

A little bit of social interaction was necessary after all this toil and so it was nice to Facetime with Claire and say hello to Jim.  It was lovely to also be treated to a tour around their newly refurbished annex.  

Ironing, a chicken sandwich and a sit in the sunshine, followed by the Beep Test (is it Bleep or Beep?) was next on the agenda.  This was followed by another Facetime call. This time from Heather – well you have to chat to colleagues because we must remember that today is a work day.  

After that a little look online to see if there are any bargains to be had. One of the things that’s been worrying me these past couple of days is the scarcity of baby clothes.  Everyone else is panicking about toilet rolls and someone mentioned a potential tea crisis, but yesterday I was alerted to another serious issue – no baby clothes available from the usual shops, even online!  This is causing me concern as I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of a small grandson in mid July. Having had a scout around online it would seem that most baby clothes are out of stock. Do we import them from China?  Luckily Tim and Katherine are forward planners and lowered my rising blood pressure when I Facetimed with them yesterday evening by telling me that they had stocked up already. Phew!

Well that’s nearly it from me as I need to go and think about cooking up a sumptuous tea.

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Rest assured that tomorrow you will be returned to the usual format with our resident blogger, who will entertain you with the traditional array of photographs of cats and flora.

And lastly, onto the Elbow of the day. We received this only yesterday and it’s very hot off the press as it was only released on Friday. That’s how up to the minute we are around here!

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