Five days of solitude and my own company. I should be relaxed. I am not.
Feed cats morning and evening. Learn to lock them out of the kitchen while I prepare their meals. Ensure all water bowls are kept fresh. Call cats at 8.30pm, for some nibbles to entice them into garage to be locked in for the night.
Cats want to sleep on the bed I slept in, or on my clothes in my suitcase. Close doors.
Drag out hoses to water the gardens. Plenty of flowers on the tomato plants but I won't get to eat any of the tomatoes. I drained one rain water tank. I finished the back garden watering. The front garden can die for all I care.
Confusing instructions about which bins to put out. I take a stroll to check what neighbours have put out, then remembering one side of the street has different collections to the other side.
Phillys made me tuna croquettes to take away with me. Sister's new air fryer is nothing like mine. Nevertheless, I cooked them quite well. The mayonnaise in Sister's fridge is supposed to be kept upside-down and ready to squirt but it wasn't. I made vigorous downward arm thrusts with the plastic bottle to try to move the mayo to the opening. An incident occurred with the mayo, followed by some wiping up, down and across.
Then there is all the stuffs that you walk inside, leaves, gravel, etc that I will have to clean up. The worst at home is sock lint.
No, my time of pets, gardens and putting out bins is my past, not my future. I wanna go home.
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Yes, home is where the heart belongs.
ReplyDeleteI am having a laugh...you write so well...that is our daily routine with pets, gardens and bins...lol...might be time to move to the High rise... we are around your age...Peta
ReplyDelete😂 Automation is the answer You can get auto water and food bowls self cleaning toilet trays and camera to see what they are up to. You can also have a secure run set up
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Automated water systems also
does the work.
I am exhausted by your efforts
Andrew but we’ll done
Wrong seaside. Should have gone east rather than west.
ReplyDeleteApparently one spins a mayo bottle. Thrusting inevitably leads to a mess.
I thought it was just me who had troubles with those upside down mayo bottles. Obviously it is not.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry your time away is not relaxing - but glad it is reinforcing that home in the Highrise is where you belong.
I was thinking ... I didn't know you had cats! I didn't know you had a front a back garden. I didn't know you had to put the bins out.
ReplyDeleteThen I read your last four words.
Aaaaaah. Home, yes.
This is heroic work you're doing!
ReplyDeleteThe cats appreciate your attention to feeding.
ReplyDeleteI had to chuckle at this, animals and houses are a lot of work, but on the upside, it makes you miss home:)
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