Don't worry, this isn't the only blogging space I've woefully neglected for some time.
As ever, a nice mix of the positive and the negative for me to witter on about :-)
So, let's get the negative out of the way. The MRI scan on my knees to find out if they can finally operate has been delayed due to the machine 'blowing up' today. Not going to throw any stones at the hospital, not necessarily something they can really control. Frustrating though. In the meantime I'm having more bad days than good. The continued cold damp weather really isn't doing my knees any favours.
To try and improve things I'm on another weight-loss drive, and trying to get as much suitable exercise as I can. Work isn't helping much though.
And on that front, right now I am shattered. Fairly major incident kicked off on Friday, resulting in me pulling an extra 30 odd hours by the time Monday morning came around. So I had Monday afternoon off, then ended up having another 11 hour day yesterday thanks to bad traffic and a looooong multi-agency meeting (I was kindly chauffeured there and back which helped somewhat). The incident is still ongoing but I've had today off and tomorrow is another leave day. That'll just leave Friday to get through before the weekend.
Ari hasn't been sleeping great this past week or two so that's really cut into my rest time. A spate of growing pains is the best guess as to why she's been awake more nights than not.
Onto more positive things, the biggest of these being we have a new addition to the household:
This is Khan, our 3/4 Rottweiler, 1/4 Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppy. Nearly 12 weeks old and already on his way to being a well trained little lad (teething aside). Mostly house trained, only a handful of accidents and most of those because we weren't quick enough reading his signs and getting him outside. Ari loves him to bits, and he's good at not trying to steal food or chew things that aren't his toys.
The cats aren't best impressed, but he's used to living with cats so once they get over the shock there shouldn't be too many problems.
The unpredictable thing at the moment is his final size. His build isn't anywhere near as stocky as a purebreed Rotti or Staffie, and at the moment the paws aren't suggesting we've got a potential horse..but there's still plenty of time for him to extend and we're half certain he's already started that cunning activity of growing in his sleep :-)
Today is the first full day of him being with us and I've been genuinely amazed at how well behaved he's been.
I miss having a dog, cats are great, but there's nothing quite like have a furry friend who is genuinely pleased to see you after you've only left the room for two minutes.
Now if I can just get Ari to sleep through the night I might actually have the energy for something meaningful in the way of leisure activities.....
