New house guest

Well, by Easter Sunday The Boy will have been with us for 4 weeks. Earlier this week his ears were given the all-clear by a different Medicine Man but his views are that the blood tests for thyroid function should still go ahead. He has been booked in for Monday 20th April.

We have a house guest whom we hoped would become a new friend for The Boy but it is not quite working out that way. It hasn't come to fisticuffs exactly but they are best kept involved in separate activities. Shame, really.

During one of my volunteering spells yesterday, I offered to give Little Man a bath. He is a delightful fellow but has a habit of 'wearing' his ear ointment all over himself. The end result gives him an endearingly scruffy look but I accept that it might not be viewed in that light by others and could potentially compromise his future. He was so good; I have never known such a well-behaved chap in those circumstances. Let's hope his spruced-up appearance helps ......