Ashamed to say that I spent most of the day asleep, so very very very tired. Janet brought me some homemade chocolate truffles made by a neighbour and friend of hers. Janet had sprouts and roast potatoes for her Xmas dinner; I slept through Xmas dinner altogether and then when Janet saw I was awake an Xmas pud was administered unto me - which is my favourite thing. Donkeys got Xmas carrots and chaff and hens got lovely teatime corn when the light was going down. The five cats and dog (Ciarán) all got some chicken - some chicken left for tomorrow for me to give to the animals myself. Thomas was curled up on a high chair in the kitchen which has a blanket on it, and he remained there while chicken was administered unto him in situ, whilst the other four cats were queuing up, mugging Janet, trying to get her to give it them faster.
Ciarán spends most nights downstairs now, on the sofa. He always used to be up here in our bedroom in his dog bed every night. Last night though he spent the whole night and half the morning up here with us, snoozing in his dog bed contentedly. We don’t know for certain why he recently stopped coming upstairs at bedtime. It could very well be fear after the recent thunderstorms, as he was visibly really terrified when there was a bang at night time, poor thing, panting. He is very comfortable in his sofa downstairs although I greatly miss not seeing him if he doesn’t come up.
May you all enjoy the rest of the festivities- it has been very nice to have such a quiet day here with my beloved. Thomas is sitting on top of Janet purring his head off next to me right now.
@Kitz I do very much hope that you are in good form and feeling as well as can be expected - pain can stay away for a few days / months / years.
Thomas has just left Janet. He headed to my bedside table to do some thieving / sniffing, found a packet that had had a tesco ‘chocolate chip muffin’. He first tried eating the paper cup to get the tiniest bit of cake from it, then tried to break into a packet to get one remaining bun out - I decided not to allow him to thieve an entire cake. His bowl is full of cat crunchies and Thomas has just realised this.
