{"id":13391,"date":"2017-07-23T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=13391"},"modified":"2017-07-23T06:00:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T05:00:30","slug":"sunday-23rd-july-2017-i-dont-get-monopoly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2017\/07\/23\/sunday-23rd-july-2017-i-dont-get-monopoly\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 23rd July 2017 – I don’t get Monopoly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday it rained\u2026 and rained\u2026 and rained. We would have gone to Haytor if it had every stopped. Instead we had to make do with short walks in the rain and a very long and acrimonious game of Monopoly. Now when players start to work in league and gang up on you it really isn\u2019t much fun. I only wanted the pink ones, because they matched my lead, but no one would let me have them. Shadow, unsurprisingly is a ruthless player and was doing fine with Dad until they ran out of money and had to mortgage everything. Some of the players seemed to know rules that others didn\u2019t know and I ran out of paws trying to calculate how much I owed to the bank. I think we\u2019ll all be glad to go to the beach today, whatever the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The humans seem to be eating lots of exciting foods, which really doesn\u2019t seem fair as Shadow and I are still eating our normal food. Ok so Mum did give me a little of her steak, but there was no \u2018How do you want your steak cooked, Wilma?\u2019 No \u2018Do you want vegetables with that and how about some cheese?\u2019 I really think this holiday lark is not designed around our needs quite as much as I was hoping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One very interesting thing has been that for the first time in ages I haven\u2019t woken up with itchy eyes. Mum says it has confirmed that my eyes have been entirely allergy related and the bedroom floor here doesn\u2019t have carpets and the bed I brought had just been through the washing machine. She has said we can look for a bed that is off the floor for me at home so that I\u2019m more comfortable. Dad said I could always sleep in the kitchen instead, but I really don\u2019t want to do that and thankfully Mum said that wasn\u2019t ok with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One thing that did happen that was a little worrying was our evening walk. It was just me and Mum and the snake! We are 90% certain it was dead, but we didn’t want to find out. There is only one type of poisonous snake in this country and that was it. Mum took a photo of it because she knew that Dad would never believe her when we got back. She says I had better not be off lead around here even if it weren’t for the cows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m off to get ready for my beach party<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See you soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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