Kind of Blue

Strange one today.

I got a slightly frantic call from Heather after she and her brother had gotten home today to say Euan was a bit upset. He'd come home from school to find their pet guinea pig lying stiff as a board and very much expired in his hutch. We'd kind of been expecting it as he'd not been eating for the past three days and this morning all he wanted to do was find a corner, bury himself under his hay and lie very still. When I got home he was in exactly the same position as when we'd left this morning. Six years isn't a bad run for a guinea pig I suppose.

Not a nice experience for Euan, but (it's amazing how resilient kids are) the fact that his new PS3 Move controllers arrived today perked him up no end.

It also meant the garden had a bit of pre-winter turn over as Samantha dug out a hole for Casper's Lonsdale branded casket to be placed in. If ever she's thinking of a career change I think she has a calling as a sexton.

So, I'm now an emergency blip subject down and looking for something cute and cuddly in white as a replacement. Is that Pope fella still doing the rounds?