It’s the nesting instinct. The need to tidy everything up and prepare for the arrival of the young. Except it isn’t Shadow who is having those urges it is my Mistress. All of a sudden she wants to clean out cupboards and sort things out. She says when the puppies arrive she won’t have time, but my point was that she didn’t need to do it in the first place so not having time is irrelevant. I can see that she needs to clear some space in the office as that is where the pen will go when they are three weeks old, but that doesn’t explain why she is suddenly throwing out houseplants that she can’t be bothered to water. I guess it’s a woman thing and I don’t suppose she could explain it rationally if I asked her. She’s even threatening to clear out the loft and the puppies never go anywhere near that!
The pantomime has got off to a good start. Despite the fact that after rehearsals my Master has not always been happy with how his part was going, it seems that ‘It will be all right on the night’ was exactly the case. I really think there should be a showing when family pets can attend to watch their owners. I suppose the problem is that some of us don’t really like each other so it might not work that well.
As well as the spring cleaning, my Mistress is putting the thermal covers over the plants that need them. I think she’s getting her seasons all mixed up. As long as she doesn’t try lying out in the sun on one of the sun loungers she’ll be ok – she might soon remember what season it is then and it’s not summer!
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