Taking it easy

This morning at about 5.30am Ann heard me padding around in the kitchen. I never pad around at night so she thought there must be something wrong. When she came downstairs I was lying right beside the kitchen door. I never lie by the kitchen door. When Ann gets up in the morning I'm either fast asleep in my bed or I'm fast asleep on the sofa and I don't move until Ann puts her coat on and tells me I'm going for my morning walk.


As soon as she opened the kitchen door she tickled me behind my ears and said, 'Trixie, you're not very well are you?' And do you know how she knew I wasn't very well?.................. I'd had a poo on the living room floor and I'd also been a little bit sick. I know, I know, too much information. She opened the sun terrace door for me, so that if I felt ill again I could go out to relieve myself and then she said I could sleep with her until it was getting up time. Yay! I love sleeping with Ann. I just curl up at the bottom of the bed. Human beds are very comfy.


At about 7.45am I went for a little walk along the lane and then round to the shop but I wasn't really very energetic. I was walking slower than a snail (Ann's words, not mine) and I kept stopping to sniff practically everything. We were only out for about half an hour but that was enough for me. As soon as we got home I went back to bed for another snooze. I didn't even bother to eat my breakfast.


After breakfast, Ann went to the hairdressers and when she came home she took me into the field to play with my ball. Playing with a ball is my most favourite game in the world but it doesn't take me long to get tired. And the reason she took me into the field was because when I'm playing with a ball, I make the rules. I decide when I've had enough and I flop down for a rest. Sometimes I even go straight to the gate so that Ann knows that I want to go home. She thought it was better that I decided how much exercise I wanted rather than take me on a big long walk that I might not enjoy. When I got home I just flopped down on the sun terrace in 'guard mode' because I like to keep an eye on my ball for at least half an hour after I've played with it.


This afternoon I had some more 'home alone' time and then went into the field for another play when Ann came home, but I only wanted to play for about 10 mins. I'm back in my bed having another snooze now. My dinner is out for me but I can't be bothered to eat it at the moment.


So that's been our day. Ann is on a bit of a fitness campaign and had booked a 'body conditioning' class for 6.30pm but she's cancelled it because she'd rather sit and drink wine in the sunshine she's a bit worried about me. She's got zumba and a swim booked for tomorrow.


I don't think there's anything seriously wrong with me. I haven't been sick any more and my poo on my morning walk was normal.


Unfortunately because I can't tell my human how I'm feeling she always gets a bit worried when she thinks I'm ill. However, if I haven't eaten my dinner by 8pm I'm going to get some chicken breast with gravy. Yummy! I think I'll just snooze in my bed for the next couple of hours?!!