The day after….

I slept like a log last night – relieved that Oliver had arrived safely and that Danielle had got through her ordeal OK. Once again, thanking the Lord that all is well and grateful for all the prayers offered.

John and I pottered through the day waiting for news from the Kenilworth Newbies – firstly, we took a trip into Solihull for a visit to the audiologist. John’s hearing aids were on the blink and one of them has to be sent off for a repair. Just the next couple of weeks of: “Eh? What did you say?” and me repeating or shouting……. it’s not much to ask, is it?

Pete and Dawn had hoped to call in for coffee this morning, but that idea was shelved with our little trip out. However, we finished at the audiologist very quickly, so we texted them to say, ‘How about coffee at yours instead?’ to which they were game. We spent a good while there chatting and imbibing refreshments – including chocolate cake, which was lush – before we came home again. The dog was pleased to see us…..

Oh, yes, we’ve swapped Mac for Chester for a day or two and Chester was waiting for his walk, which he enjoyed once we finally got going this afternoon. Here he is, waiting for a treat…..

We followed the same route that I had taken with Mac. Amusingly, the dogs approached the path quite differently. For the first half an hour, Chester and I made slow progress. Every single blade of grass seemed to have the most interesting smells and he gave them their due attention. So, it was trot on for a bit, then stop….. sniff, sniff, sniff… trot on for a couple more steps, then snifferty-sniff-sniff….. then trot on one step before halting for more sniff, sniff, sniffs…. and so on. Fascinating.

Nevertheless, we managed the whole route and it was clear that Chester had enjoyed it. He was even game to go round again, I think!

Meanwhile, as we arrived home I was ready for a sit-down with a Magnum ice-cream and John was ready to come in from the garage, where he’d been tinkering with the car, and grab a cuppa.

We ate our tea and wondered how the Kenilworth Newbies were getting on. No sooner had we started wondering, when a video came in from the original Kenilworth Sleaths. Michael was at their house explaining to William and Thomas that there was a new baby brother awaiting them, with Mummy, at home – and did they want to go and meet him?

A little while later, and there they all were……

Boom!