Friday 3rd. May

It's been a day of ups and downs....especially for Dan....who has developed one of those nasty "how to lose loads of weight in a day" bugs. Who knows what has caused it? Some of us had a Chinese last night after Mum's support group meeting....and Dan was one of them....but all the others are fighting fit...so it's either Dan's chicken satay or another, yet to be discovered, bug. Dan has actually managed to get out of bed this evening...and is quietly lying on one of the sofas watching the snooker with Dad.....well, dad isn't lying quietly on the sofa, he's working on  his laptop and watching the snooker.

Dad has had a good day...after an early meeting at school to discuss IT, he went down to the harbour and got the boat out. He had been asked to provide the "media vessel" for the flotilla of boats that were coming in from Noirmont to officially open the boat show. It turned out to be a little more than he expected, and he went out twice. If you have chance to watch Channel TV News this evening there's  whole article about Wetwheels (that Dad is helping) and the boat show.....and there's lots of filming that was done from La Duchesse. Dad's well pleased to have been able to help, and secretly pleased to have found a good excuse to get out on the water....well, it certainly was  cracking day.

As for the other family members....Jack was back on the tractor run from the Airport to La Collette, Bex had a long day at College, Tom went down to Gorey to help get the new Jersey Oyster mussel barge going and Mum took the dog to Le Quesne's to buy a new collar. She needed a new one because there was little incident this morning....Mum decided to take Jessie for a jog. This entails Mum jogging and Jessie attached via a lead to a "special" belt that Mum wears (this is new idea that hasn't been tried by Mum before). The long and the short of it was that Mum was jogging...Jessie was jogging.....Mum stopped....Jessie didn't stop.....lead/collar broken!

This afternoon Jessie celebrated her new collar by digging a VERY big hole on one of Mum's flower beds in the front garden. Photos were posted by Bex on the internet.....a nice shot of Jessie sitting very proudly next to something approaching a crater in a flower border. C'est La Vie.

Boat Show tomorrow.....let's hope Dan is feeling better...as we type he has finally managed to keep down a mouthful of water and a dry biscuit.....looks like just another fun filled evening for him!