{"id":6580,"date":"2012-08-17T00:05:07","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T23:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=6580"},"modified":"2012-08-17T00:05:07","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T23:05:07","slug":"friday-17th-august-2012-approaching-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2012\/08\/17\/friday-17th-august-2012-approaching-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 17th August 2012 – Approaching 50"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obviously if you count in human years I\u2019m coming up to my 7th<\/sup> birthday, but if you go with the old dog multiple of 7 dog years to every human one I am approaching a key milestone. My birthday is November and so one seventh of a year after that I will hit the big 5 \u2013 0. By my calculations it will be the beginning of January. Now you may wonder why this is so important, but the thing is that my Master will also hit 50 at around the same time and he is thinking of doing something to celebrate. \u201cExcellent suggestion,\u201d I said. \u201cWe could have a joint party.\u201d I\u2019m disappointed to say he was not impressed by the suggestion and seems to think he\u2019d rather have a \u2018do\u2019 all on his own. Well not actually all on his own, that wouldn\u2019t be a do. There\u2019d obviously be people there, but he wasn\u2019t thinking of inviting any dogs. It\u2019s not that sort of \u2018do\u2019. I\u2019m unimpressed by that reaction. I\u2019m his eldest dog and you would think he\u2019d be only too happy to include me. I have no choice but to arrange my own party and you needn\u2019t think I shall be inviting him. Obviously I will include my Mistress, she wouldn\u2019t dream of leaving me out, but I\u2019m not sure who else to invite. I spend most of my time with Ari these days. I\u2019d love to see my old friend Elvis but he\u2019s in America so I guess it would have to be by video link. Other than that I suppose it could be quite a small do and it\u2019s not the best time of year for travelling. Maybe I should plan something exciting instead of a party. We\u2019ve got Aristotle\u2019s first real birthday before that and he and his brothers and sisters are having a big party on our Fun Day. Perhaps I should just focus on making a really nice cake for them and forget about doing something for me.<\/p>\n

Alfie Dog with a little help from Rosemary J Kind alfie@alfiedog.me.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK –https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n

You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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