This is not a puppy… he’s a stomach with legs.! That chews on EVERYTHING.!! And finds ingenious places to leave puddles and small piles… we are not impressed. We set up a toilet pad for him, and he used it most of yesterday with only three little accidents… today, he’s used it twice, and then peed and pooed on the floor instead, as if the toilet pad has offended him in some way. He’s managed to get low enough on his belly to slide under the TV unit, to chew on the TV cables that were hidden behind it… and was an absolute nightmare to get out because he kept trying to stand up and couldn’t, and wouldn’t let go of the cables. Then I took him outside to get some fresh air and a bit of sunshine and he lay down and tried to eat the moss from between the paving slabs.! He has a thing for my fluffy slippers and the strings on my hoodie.. well, my hoodie in general and seems to like biting my leg. From doing next to nothing, he’s now permanently doing something, usually something he shouldn’t be. Dear God, what possessed me to agree to this.?!
Yesterday, my niece informed the family that the C-section she was supposed to have on March 28th (because she was showing signs of pre-eclampsia), that was postponed until April 10th (because the doctors decided it wasn’t that serious), has now been cancelled and a new C-section arranged for the end of May, which is when she is due. Her little girl is still small for her gestational age, but the doctors are not overly concerned, just keeping a close eye on her. Her own health isn’t great because she’s badly overweight for her size, and has done nothing but comfort eat since her previous pregnancy ended in a miscarriage at 18 weeks, but with weekly blood pressure and protein checks, hopefully all will be well and the baby will come safe and healthy when she’s supposed to. Then maybe Mama will start to look after herself again.
My son has now been placed on furlough officially, after I reminded him that he won’t get paid if his boss doesn’t declare it. He’s been a bit shady with the legal necessities since the lockdown started and hadn’t informed anyone that he’d placed his staff on furlough, even though he did it a week ago. Only after my son contacted him and reminded him that there was a fair bit of government money in it for him did he officially declare the furlough and now hopefully, my son will get paid the 80% of his wage that he’s supposed to. He bloody needs to, he has a flat to pay rent on and as yet doesn’t know if his landlord is going to allow a reduced rent payment considering his reduction in wages.
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