Back at it!

Well that's it, only the remainder of today left of our holiday and then it's noses to the grind stone for both of us.....it seems but barely a day since I was shouting hurrah as I left work with 10 days of freedom ahead of me.

Since we returned from London life seems to have been hectic, one long round of laundry, ironing and cleaning, how can just two people get through so many clothes in less than a week I wonder?

Poppy and Ditto, against their better judgment, appeared to have a good holiday in their 'cat hotel'. I am ever wary, the establishment we used to patronise closed recently and the new one was until now 'untested' by 'you know who'. We made all the necessary checks but having had one bad experience previously, I am ever worried that things are not always all they seem.

I need not have concerned myself, they both returned home in good humour, there was little evidence of the usual huffiness and stand-offishness we are normally greeted with. Amazingly Ditto ate during her time away, something she usually refuses to do and Poppy came home having gained a little more weight and with her coat looking all posh and shiny! I must check out what she was fed!

Things declined somewhat yesterday for Ditto. I was woken early by the sound of her throwing up, poor little soul, this is a first for her, she has thus far had a cast iron stomach and the vomiting process seemed to confuse her a little! I checked her over, kept a close eye on her and then left her to sleep. I fear this incident is likely to be related to over zealous hunting in her eagerness to catch up with lost time since our return. By the evening she seemed back to her normal self and was howling to be let back out and check her territory for interlopers. With luck it was a one off.......she seemed decidedly miffed at the whole 'being ill' business!