Shadow enjoyed going to watch Ari. At one point Ari swallowed some water and Shadow was all set to jump in to the water to him. Everyone thought she was very pretty and very cute so obviously she lapped up all the attention. Ari was funny as usually he drops the toy he has after the first couple of lengths, but with his mum watching he kept tight hold of it, probably to make sure she couldn’t have it. I sat in the car while they were in there. I didn’t want to be left out altogether.
I’ve had all my test results and it seems there is nothing serious wrong, so it is just a question of pain. I’m going to be on an anti-inflammatory pain killer on a daily basis to see how I get on, and if the one I’ve got now does not work then I’ll be trying a different one. I asked if it were addictive and could make me high, but sadly that does not seem to be the case. Having said that a release from pain will be almost as good. I don’t notice it all the time, I’ve got used to it, but every so often I’ll move awkwardly and it will tweak and then I really know about it. It’s often when I’m conducting my ablutions that I catch myself in an awkward position.
Thankfully we’ve got another quiet weekend. I think my Mistress is appreciating some time to catch up on everything. She wants to be really on top of things before she has to go to take Shadow to mate. Shadow seems to have started moulting, so it may be that she mates before Christmas. It’s usually about six weeks from when she finishes moulting and moulting usually lasts about a week. On that basis it could be around the 20th December rather than Christmas Day, which is probably slightly better!
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