I intended to upload a couple of new Luca pictures and videos to the blog last night, but due to the appallingly late hour I eventually remembered to it - after 1am in the morning - my tired eyes demanded that this task could wait!
A shame though, as the video in particular is quite funny. Watch out for that later tonight.
And mum, yes, the last photo's were of Sima bouncing on Isis's head and mauling her ears. This is quite normal behavour for her, and Isis loves it - she's a new dog. Neither Abby nor Tyler were ever particularly keen on playing with her, so she's taking full advantage now she has a hyperactive terrier constantly on the go.
I was off work yesterday (I'm still trying to use up last years holiday allowance) so got to spend some real time with Sima. She's learning fast. I had her out of her cage almost all day, and we didn't have a single "accident". She's growing rapidly too, and as such I'm able to take her on (relatively) normal walks. It's nice to have a mutt to walk again, especially as Sima's so well behaved when we're out - I'm just waiting for something to go wrong, she's far too well behaved for a pup.....
Although it was day off work, it certainly wasn't a day of rest. I was on the go from 7am to 1am - albeit finding time to sit down and watch the Man United game on TV for example! I had to pack our TV up later in the evening too. There's a problem with the sound, so the manufacturers are picking it up today for repair. Which means I've had to dig my old 14 inch "old school" TV down from the loft. It's amazing how relative things can be, after having our huge LCD TV for so long, watching anything on a portable is rather disconcerting. I really hope they don't take too long before it's returned!
Aside from TV's, dogs, organising, research, etc, etc my main priority yesterday was to take Luca swimming again. After the unmitigated disaster that was Saturday, my hopes weren't high. Indeed, I doubted if I could handle seeing little porky in such distress again. However, it was akin to taking a completely different toddler along. He was great, albeit still extremely trepidacious. I tried to turn everything into a game, and made sure we did everything very gradually. Indeed, we didn't even go into the water for the first ten minutes we were there, and merely watched proceedings from the side of the child pool. Slowly I edged us into the water, and by the time we left he was even - very nervously albeit - pushing a ball through the water. If progress continues we may have a brown haired scavenger daring to enter a Tenerifian (is that right?) swimming pool two months from now.
Buoyed by this success, we went to the shops afterwards to buy some dinner. Carole had her fitenss class, so we were fending for ourselves - a dangerous situation for us! Luca had a tuna sandwich, potato salad and cheesecake for his tea and loved them all.
OK, I ate most of the cheesecake.
**Useless fact of the day - There are at least two forms of laser treatment, and apparently - according to a major medical report circa 2008 - for port wine stains (the mark under Luca's lip) it is most effective to treat using BOTH standard and carbon dioxide laser. It may be worth discussing this with the consultant at Livingston hospital next month**
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