First of all, family.
A trip to see both grandmothers (and one grandfather) took place. When we saw my mother we also got to see my brother and his girlfriend who had just got back from a trip to Portugal. He was disappointed that his favourite member of our family had been left at the dog sitters. We could have taken her, but she is still recovering from her operation. It was great meeting his partner, we have heard lots about her and she appeared really nice. It is hard of course to get to know someone in the few minutes that we met her, and my wife warned me not to misbehave. My kids were a bit stressed out by my mother as she talked about biology and I steered the conversation into areas they preferred were ignored. After, we went to see the parents of my wife and had lunch there. The interaction that the kids have with their three grandparents is different and today it was interesting to see it.
The rest of the family enjoyed lunch more than I did. Tom, Dick and Harry’s looked amazing. The pasta that my daughter had was much nicer than my burger, and she enjoyed the scallops than I had for a starter. My son loved his food as did my wife. I guess if we are in the area, we might return, but I would prefer to try somewhere else.
Anyway, we are now at home. Her dog minder (who used to be a vet nurse) said that she appears to be in discomfort still, and we also see that as she is not as active at home as she normally is. A problem is that we have been told to stop her from jumping on things or running about to help her heal. From our experience with our children when they were younger means that we think that she will jump and run about if she is not in pain.
I am about to start the ironing but before I do this, I will just post on the film I watched yesterday. Many consider The Voyeurs to be an implausible film, and in part, they are right. My daughter warned me that it does not start as well as it ends. It is a rude film with lots of flesh coming together, but once I get over how annoying one character is, I actually enjoyed it. A perverted film that has an interesting message (which my daughter has not acted on), I would watch it again.
