Sometimes it seems that genetics can have some odd things to answer for. In our house, Shadow and I go to bed when our humans go to bed. I sometimes try to persuade our Mistress to go earlier than she would otherwise, but I can be trusted to stay up with her if she says no. Occasionally if I\u2019m really tired I take myself off to bed, but it\u2019s the exception and not the rule. Aristotle has always been different. He has to go to bed around 9pm. He can manage until 9.30, but if he is kept up any later than that he starts to become like a fractious child. We thought it was just him, but yesterday our Mistress was talking to his bother Amigo\u2019s human and it turns out that Amigo is exactly the same. That set her wondering so she sent a question to the humans of his other brothers and sisters and so far we\u2019ve heard from Dora, and she is just the same as the two boys. Now it\u2019s making our Mistress wonder what Rino, their father is like. If she can muster enough of her German she might send an email to Rino\u2019s human to ask. It certainly doesn\u2019t come from Shadow.<\/p>\n
There was a suggestion that our Mistress\u2019s routine has influenced them in some way, but she\u2019s been thinking back to when they were small and doesn\u2019t think that is the case, but you can never be too sure. At least they don\u2019t have such questionable music taste. She\u2019s bought tickets to go to see the Bay City Rollers in concert in November. If you don\u2019t know who they are then do look them up and you\u2019ll realise what we all have to put up with! She was a fan when she was about 10 years old, which is a very long time ago. At least she doesn\u2019t still have the trousers with the tartan bottoms. Hers were red and came from C&A in Leicester, or so she tells me! Sadly she doesn\u2019t have any incriminating photographs, although her sister says she might have one somewhere so I\u2019m still hoping.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>I thought I\u2019d show you a photo with my Master today. He doesn\u2019t often get to appear in my diary so here we are together for a change.<\/p>\n