Enjoy your day, Linda. Find the peaceful bits and immerse yourself in them.
We had a quiet day today. difficult child 3 & I are dog-sitting for two days, this morning we walked around to collect the dog to take her for a walk. I made sure there was food left for the cat then set off after difficult child 3 & the dog. He's squeamish, so I have to do the plastic bag thing when the dog does her business. The garbos were doing their rounds, so it was easy to get rid of the bag afterwards. They do their rounds late in our village, because if the bins are put out overnight, the herds of deer knock them over and spread stuff everywhere.
I noticed a strong smell about the dog and was getting ready to give her a bath. They've recently put her on dry food, when I inspected her I found she was clean. Just smelly. I was very glad to give her to difficult child 3 to take her for a second walk later this afternoon, and put her back in her own home! Phew!
We'll take her for another long walk in the morning, then go out to do the shopping. Her owners will be home tomorrow afternoon.
Despite my attempts to air the house husband noticed the smell when he got home from work tonight. He thought it was the boys' room!
I had hoped to get difficult child 3 to finish his film project for school, but not with the dog needing to be minded. Maybe Thursday? Here's hoping. School goes back on Monday for Term 3, I want that film submitted!
The festivities for World Youth Day have ramped up a few more notches, the crowds are hundreds of thousands. Sydney's main streets have been shut down, it's unheard of. Not even in the Olympics, or APEC, did we shut down to this extent. But the joy is wonderful. And I'm not even Catholic!
Marg