Mike's musings

Cousins

I had a stroke of genius yesterday afternoon when we were trying to work out what to do today, knowing that it was going to rain. A lot. I suggested that we go to visit Jen, Turtle and Mouse - particularly as Kate and Mac would be there (helping out as Jake's in Hong Kong for work). We had to arrange cover for Buster, of course, but Justin was able to take him out for an hour at lunchtime, and Kim to let him out later in the afternoon, so that was OK. So, we set off when we were all up.

But we didn't wake up until - wait for it, wait for it... 0730. OK, so I was up with Jo for 45 minutes around 0300, and she ended up sleeping in the spare room with me, but still - 0730! And Buster didn't wake up till then, either, _and_ Moo did OK with little Miri, the smiler.

So, the day started well, and as Miri slept for almost all of the journey there, we arrived pretty fresh. Jo had a lovely time playing with Turtle all day, there was lots of sharing, and no pushing of Mouse, who's turning into a lovely, lovely child. It was lovely to see everyone, and the journey back was good, too. It did rain all day, as expected, but that didn't stop the girls going outside for half an hour or so in the late afternoon to play (and reduce the hysteria levels a little bit). Our girls are brilliant (as are Jen's actually). And we scored some watches, too - Jen works for Timex, is pretty high up in marketing, and gets lots of samples, so... And she doesn't need to feel guilty about it, either, as every watch worn is marketing.

Moo starts back at work tomorrow - working the equivalent of one day a week.She's looking forward to it, I think, and there are no hard hours, so she can fit it in as required.

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