Whilst Alfie\u2019s been holding the fort back here, our humans have been on holiday in America. As long as they have been allowed out of the country they will be home this morning. You may think I\u2019m joking, but some aspects of the trip have not gone quite according to plan. They hired a car to drive the three hundred miles from Washington to Connecticut. They had done 200 when Andy, in the back of the car, said \u2018What does that thing on the window say about pulling it out for tolls?\u2019 After the initial response of \u2018Be quiet we\u2019re trying to concentrate,\u2019 it began to dawn on them what he\u2019d said. Yes, sure enough they had been going through toll booths thinking they were covered and they weren\u2019t. Further investigation suggests they are awaiting fines from the states of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey at the very least. As to how much, they won\u2019t know until it appears on my Mistress\u2019s credit card as there was no way to sort it out before the charges arrive. They came close to a further problem the day that they were supposed to return the car hire but my Mistress was too poorly to travel. Eventually my Master found someone to authorise them to keep the car an extra day rather than find themselves being wanted for car theft as well.<\/p>\n
I did tell them they should have stayed home with us, but they didn\u2019t listen. To be honest, I\u2019m probably a little bit jealous of the adventure they\u2019re having. I wanted to go with them, but apparently there are restrictions on things like that. I offered to walk on two legs and go in disguise but apparently they could have got into even more trouble for that. It will be good to have them home again.<\/p>\n
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