Course over!

Huzzah! For my performance management course is over. Four days in a row is actually pretty damn tiring. I am very glad my F7 course is structured differently (2 days next week, 2 days the week after). Much better.

Still, the hard work doesnt end here! Have to have done my Course Exam 1 by the end of the weekend (made trickier by my plan to do it on Sunday, forgetting that on Sunday I will be in Kent doing cat-things) so there will be much in the way of studying on Saturday.

I was going to do some tonight, but I'm exhausted. A combination of 40min swim on Tuesday, 45min workout on Wednesday and a late night both on Weds and Thurs. Also, my arm and shoulder muscles are in absolute agony. They were a little achy after the swim, cos I'd pushed myself quite hard. But following the workout my shoulder and wrist areas have been in agony. And then sitting in teh freezing cold air-conditioned room not really moving much has made it all really stiff. Am tempted to have a hot bath. Definately need to wash my hair tonight, so I don't have to get up too early in the morning, so a bath may be a good idea.

Today we are experimenting to find out where Fidget is getting his fleas from. Jamie combed him for about an hour last night, we drowned 22 fleas! Fidget has not been outside since, so when Jamie comes home he is going to comb him again, and if he has few or no fleas (there may be a couple we missed) then we can be certain they are coming from somewhere outside the house. If he's infested again, then there's somewhere in the house we haven't managed to get to. Personally, I'm sure its coming from outside.

Right, off to put some potatoes in the oven and feed the puss-puss.

My cat is silly

Fidget is not known for making noise. However, today, having been stuck in the house since yesterday evening (and having steadfastly refused to use his litter box) he is now becoming rather impatient to be let outside. I've had him sleeping on my knee since I got home, but just went into the kitchen to feed him and put the potatoes in the oven, and now he's sitting on the dining table in front of the window howling and wailing about how unfair his life is. I've never heard him make so much noise!

Final cat update for the day

Jamie came home, did some combing. Only found 2 fleas, which we believe are the ones that got away from him last night. So we are sure the house is not harbouring them. He's getting them from outside. True test now will come when we comb him tomorrow night after him being allowed out all day, and see if they're back!

In other cats, Bo and Rosco had the snips today! They went in this afternoon, and are now both at home recovering. While they had him under, they had a look inside Bo's nose and couldnt find any kind of polyp or blockage or anything, just more snot. So they cleared that out and are now at a loss to understand his deafness. Last we heard, Rosco was scoffing and Bo was sleeping. So they both seem to have got through the op ok. Which is always good news.

We shall probably be seeing them again in November, when we go to the Wales v Australia game in Cardiff. God knows how big they'll be then!