Wow, Baggy's been home for over three weeks already. No wonder she's feeling a little housebound. But she'll get out today. She's meeting a friend for coffee and a catch-up later this morning. Baggy said she'd walk to the café in the village and meet her there. It's only a ten-minute walk, so easy-peasy. What Clever Bird hadn't factored in was the fact that this is England in the autumn and it's absolutely chucking it down today, while the wind blows the rain sideways. Minty Mutt is refusing to even consider stepping out of the back door to do his morning ablutions, so Furry Mama might have to gently boot him out in a minute or he'll be crossing his paws before she gets back.
Baggy's trying to work out how to leave Hormonal Hannah at home while she goes out. It's all very well having a catch-up, but bursting into floods of tears in a café isn't a great look. The blooming woman kept Baggy awake for two hours in the middle of the night again. It's all well and good welcoming her to the gang, but she's not the easiest person to get on with. Very opinionated! Having woken Baggy up completely by throwing a full-on night flush at her, then getting her in such a state that her heart went into full boom, boomedy, boom, booming mode, she woke Freda Fretter up. Baggy had pretty much forgotten that she has yet more surgery on Thursday. She's been so focussed on other things that it's kind of snook up on her. But last night Freda went on and on about it.
Mind you she did actually make some practical suggestions! Freda pointed out to Clever Bird that remembering the after effects of the same cubital tunnel surgery on Baggy's left arm last year, Baggy will pretty much be totally incapacitated for the first few days. Even with her left arm Baggy couldn't hold a fork so that she could cut her food; she couldn't dress herself; she couldn't put her hair in a pony tail etc etc. Baggy is right-handed, so as Clever Bird has gently explained, it will probably take even longer than a few days before she can do these things this time. Last year Calum had to take a week off work to help Baggy, but this time, with all the Lawrence-the-durmoid-cyst surgery, so that Calum can stop us from going to the poor-house and earn us some money, he's taking Baggy down to Kent to stay with her sister. Here Baggy will be well looked after for a few days while Calum goes to work. Furry Mama therefore also needs to sort out a house-sitter to look after the cats in the next two days. The plan is to go down on Saturday if Baggy is not in too much pain and the general anaesthetic has worn off properly. But as Clever Bird pointed out after a chat with Freda, unless Baggy packs her bags before the operation, she'll have to get Calum to do it. Not a great plan........
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