A great film. My daughter and I watched it together. Like with the first film my son showed some interest but like with the first film he decided not to watch it.
It was his loss as I think it was a great film. Some parts of the film were obvious but there were many surprises, many of them amusing to say the least. Like the first film, it is not based on normal superhero films, these being trained but mostly normal humans. No mutants, no special powers, but normal Hollywood accuracy when it comes to bullets being fired. Being a nerd, the film is going to call to me, after all, it is about my kind. I am not sure if it is a good or bad thing that my children can understand the references in the film though!
This morning on taking Leia outside for her morning walk, she did a wee. And then afterwards, she opened her bowels in the garden. After the weekend we had, I have never been so glad of that!
Last night Leia would not settle. And did a poo in her crate. It went everywhere. We tried to get her to do a poo in the day yesterday but this failed. So we cleaned out the crate, the sides and the mat inside. It took ages, and the smell was terrible. My daughter helped us but the barking after we left went on for ages.
Today, she has done one wee outside. But has done two poos inside and three wee’s. We get a warning of a second or two before she does it which makes things harder. One wee was just before I took her outside to see if she would pass water in the garden. One poo was within five minutes of me taking her in after waiting with her for ages outside for her to do a poo!
My wife and I woke up at 0530 and left home soon afterwards on a journey to Lincolnshire. The kids were asleep and the two of us were excited to be on our adventure. We swapped over when we got to Cambridge after a quick coffee break so my wife could get some kip and I drove instead. The drive to our destination was about two and a half hours, plus the time for our break. But it was worth it. We have seen Leia on video, interacting with Jo her breeder on Messenger as well as seeing updates on Facebook on most days. But seeing her in person was amazing.
My wife had made the car as ready as she could without letting the kids know what we were up to, but it was not puppy ready. So after taking Leia, my wife had a socially distanced chat with Jo while I got the car ready. Then it was time for the journey home, my wife sat in the back of the car with her and while she was trembling. During the journey she appeared to settle down, though licked my wife lots, including her glasses.
The children, when we got home guessed that Leia was arriving but they were ecstatic to see her and today we have all been bonding with her. She has formed a strong attachment to my daughter who has gained in confidence with dogs by playing with the dogs of two friends of hers, but there is no doubt that she loves us all. The picture was taken by my son earlier today. Hopefully she will sleep tonight but based on the comments of the owners of her litter mates who picked up their puppies last night this is not going to be the case.
The house is now puppy ready. Not all of it, just the areas where Leia is to be allowed. Actually, we think it is puppy perfect. We have a barrier that we will need, but it tips over. We are hoping to fix that!
Have been watching 12 Puppies and Us today. We have tried to get the children to watch it, but they do not have the stamina for an hour of learning about dogs. Which is worrying as we are to get a dog later this year.
They are in bed right now and my wife and I are watching Only Connect. She has managed to do quite well on this while I have need the answers explained to me.
And finally, I am not sure if this is less or more humiliating, my Instagram account was hacked and loads of spam was posted. The worst bit was that they got more comments than my normal posts!
Time has been good for trading. Niantic have increased the distance at which we can trade until the end of month. And due to COVID, meeting up to trade a Pokémon can carry risk, though this can be done in a socially distanced manner. Saying that, it has been nice trading from my living room, but I need to be clear about what I am after.
These are the Pokémon that I am missing from my Pokédex
