I was dreading Nicola coming into work, and at first, she had a coughing fit so bad that I thought she was going to make herself sick! I disappeared to the kitchen to make myself a cup of coffee, and thought back longingly to the afternoon when Sophie and I sat outside the Whispering Pines house and read our books in peace and quiet. Unfortunately, I need to work to afford things like this!
Luckily, she wasn't so bad for the rest of the morning, and then took a half day in the afternoon. Sara and I concentrated on the cancellation emails and managed to get them down to just over 200. The light at the end of the tunnel is in sight!
At 4:00pm, I rejoined Keith, and we drove home in heavy traffic. The schools are well and truly back now, and Easter is just a distant memory.
Sophie was overjoyed to find Gomez on her bed when she got home, and unusually, he stayed upstairs until after we had eaten. Sophie asked us to be quiet as she didn't want to wake the beast, but he came downstairs just as Keith and I were watching The Capture, which was very noisy (Frank Napier was using awful sounds to torture the new commander of SO15!).
Sophie then noticed that Gomez had worms... just what she needed this evening. She refused to let him out, and we had to catch him and make sure we applied the worm treatment to the back of his neck. After we'd applied it, he jumped off the barstool and shot us a look of pure loathing. And I mean, loathing! It was almost as if he'd spoken to us!
She then fretted about getting Mooney in and spent most of her evening up and down the stairs instead of relaxing. She hadn't gone to the gym this morning because she'd pulled a muscle in her leg, so that didn't help! Keith and I were riveted to the television, watching The Capture, so we weren't much help, either!
Mooney came in and had the same treatment, with the same results! He refused to come near us and ran off! I wish I could make them understand that it's for their benefit!
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