It\u2019s a bit like being at school, having to ask to be excused going for a walk. I just don\u2019t feel like it again. It\u2019s partly that my back isn\u2019t as easy but I think if I\u2019m being honest I\u2019m just going through a lazy phase. I can\u2019t say that bit when my Mistress asks if I\u2019m ready for a walk, so I find myself coming up with excuses in the same way that kids do when they don\u2019t want to do games at school. In all honesty by the time you reach the equivalent of 60 in human years you ought to be passed the need to come up with feeble excuses. I should just be able to say \u2019Not today, I\u2019d prefer to have a nap.\u2019 I know it\u2019s in my best interests that she encourages me to go out and keeping fit is important at my age, but I just haven\u2019t been in the mood. I ought to feel a little bit sorry for the others as they are being made to go for longer walks to compensate, as part of our Mistress\u2019s get fit programme. Even Aristotle came home tired on Saturday and asking for Sunday to be a day of rest. He lost that battle! I guess it\u2019s times like this that I miss Megan. She used to want to walk for miles which kept my Mistress out of wanting to take us all out for so long.<\/p>\n
You will be pleased to know that the central heating has been turned on, at least for late at night and early in the morning. It means I don\u2019t have to feel cold when I get up first thing, for which I am grateful. It has been pointed out to me that if I were more prepared to exercise when invited to then I wouldn\u2019t feel the cold so much. There are moments when feigning deafness is the only solution.<\/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":"