Thursday, May 05, 2005

Happy Birthday Sarah

Quote of the moment:
"Attention, people of Earth. I regret to inform you that in order to make way for the new hyperspace express route, your planet has been scheduled for demolition. Have a nice day." - The Hitchhiker's Guide, again.

Paddy has updated with masses of pictures, including him on top of the Mystery Machine:


One of the pesky kids

He phoned especially to let me know, while attempting to walk back to his hotel/hostel in Sydney. I suspect alcohol was involved, because he was about to try and climb over the gate into the Botanic Gardens to take a shortcut and he has just told me on Messenger that they ended up swimming around the fence where it touches the edge of the Harbour!

Sarah came home tonight in advance for her birthday presents in the morning. On the day she turns 16 she has the joy of the CCF Biennial Inspection complete with parade and visiting general, an English mock and the Ascension Day chapel service this evening. She brought with her my camera and phone from Mr Thorne, so I can provide a short but exotic video for you:

Jim's Joystick

I'm seeking claimants for a T-shirt that, the current hypothesis is, was left here after the party:



Update on Zulu

My dad and I picked him up this morning from the vet. He's rather stiff and walks slowly and carefully, but he's eager to get going and was very miffed when he was left out of the walk today. While we were at the vet's we were shown the X-rays taken last night and in the abscence of any breaks or fractures, the main feature pointed out to us was the bulging and packed stomach!

My parents stocked up on some more dogfood this afternoon and came home with a commiseration present for Zulu: his own bed. It's similar to Ben's but unchewed and black. After initial suspicion he vacated Ben's blue bed for his own new one and now seems very pleased with it.

1 comment:

Will said...

How can you deny it to the poor Oxfam-supported types in Africa, you heartless monster?! :p

Besides, it's an XL and would hide your waif-like figure.