Sunday 9th September

Sunday 9^th September

 Still feeling a little tired from yesterday’s festivities it took me and hubby more than a few seconds to register that the ‘whirring, humming sound that woke us up at 6am, was in fact a bat flying around our bedroom!! I did what any wife would do under the circumstances and told him to ‘catch it’, at which point it flew out of the bedroom and into the bathroom!  Hubby (scantily clad, but we won’t go into details) picked up a t-shirt and stealthily crept into the bathroom. Bear in mind I am listening to the ensuing scenario from the safety of the bed. There is a lot of fumbling and a few ‘swiping’ noises and then hubby descends the stairs with the plant pot (plant still inside) covered with the aforementioned t-shirt.  He placed it smugly in the middle of the patio, and quickly had to deal with the cat who for some reason had decided to sit on the roof and was panicking at the thought that he may miss the opportunity to be ‘let in’ the house for breakfast!!

Meanwhile I got up and went into the bathroom- safe in the knowledge ‘Mr Bat’ has been dealt with, however I heard hubby come back up the stairs and mutter an exclamation. It turns out that Batty is still flying around the landing, and flits straight back into our bedroom!!  I exited the bathroom, to see hubby stood in the bedroom watching batty zooming round and round (it’s not a big room- he was probably dizzy). I suggested hubby got back into bed if all he was going to do was watch the bat….. and promptly left him to it.

You will all be pleased to know Mr Bat was humanely caught and no harm or suffering was caused in the process. We do not need planning coming around to tell us we have endangered bats……

 Bats are legally protected in Jersey and as such it is an offence to disturb a bat or bat roost. Having bats does not mean you will be unable to undertake works on your property but the bats do have to be taken into account.

With the sun shining  hubby and I decided to take Jessie out onto grouville beach for a walk and ‘meet other dogs experience’- we let her off the lead and she was very well behaved and made new friends ( although the Great Dane/Boxer cross 8month old puppy was a bit scary!)

Back home and a quick cup of tea before driving out to St Mary to collect my car, and from there I went to my Keep fit class at St Martins School-first one of the new term.

Finished at 11.30am so whizzed to tennis club and was lucky enough at get a ‘men’s double’ (OK, I know I’m not a man, but it was a great match!!)

Driving home I wished I’d packed my costume, then remembered I’d got a spare in the car, and my ‘hand towel’ from the keep fit class- so….basically I got changed in the car, had a lovely swim and drove home in a wet costume!!

Fortunately for me only my daughter witnessed my arrival home- but 10 minutes later 9 ‘friends’ of son D ‘dropped in’ for a cup of tea and cake!

After lunch hubby and I had a discussion about grass cutting and patio cleaning, I chose the latter (with Jessie’s help!)

All in all another good day- wish the mouth ulcers would go away, I’ll ask the Doc for more mouth wash tomorrow when I go for pre-chemo clinic blood tests.

My son found this quote and thought it would be good for my blog, so including it tonight.

"In any relationship it’s important to be a good listener as well as a good communicator. Open, honest communication is the best foundation for any relationship, but remember that at the end of the day it’s not what you say or what you do, but how you make people feel that matters the most. In order to make someone feel good about a relationship, they must know that the other person truly cares about them, both personally and professionally."
- Tony Hseih (CEO of Zappos)