You know you are going to have a bad day, when yet again you wake up with a headache that you know was not alcohol induced, your shopping is late arriving and you have a child who cannot keep his room tidy and frequently loses things in there on a regular basis!
I am trying not to let all this get to me though. I have left hubby to deal with it all as I cannot be arsed to do so.
Yesterday evening saw us all (as in the quiz team) at Henlow stadium to watch the greyhounds run. Now I am not really into greyhound racing, I know full well what happens to a lot of them once they are past their best, often destroyed if homes are not found for them, and I am acutely aware that there are a lot of Greys that are in need of homes otherwise they will be destroyed.
Anyway not entering into a debate about this one as I have my views on it but last night was good fun. A great meal - mozarella cheese and tomato tartlets for starters, lamb with dauphonese potatoes and vegetables for main and I succumbed to the marmalade bread and butter pudding with vanilla custard for desert and it was delicious! Not being a betting person, along with hubby I only put £1 on each race, managed to win three times out of 10 races so in the end I got back 3 of the £10 I decided to spend!
highlight of the evening - the trainer who put the dog into the trap then promptly fall over (shouldn't have laughed but it was quite funny. the amount of them that pooped before the race - can't believe we were betting on the ones that had pooped in the hope that it made them run faster and this was without wine!!
Disco afterwards which wasn't all that good but a nice end to what was a great evening with friends really.
This morning I looked at my retired racer. He is now very lazy, even getting the other dog to bark for him if he can. He was one of the lucky ones, he found a home, one that cares for him where he can live his days in peace. Greys are affectionate dogs. They love attention and that much was in evidence on the track yesterday. They love you stroking them, and they love to eat and sleep. Generally they are pretty lazy really, even if they do enjoy chasing a rabbit
Right enough of this rambling, have to go and do some work now, planning will not do itself
