I think I'll try to get four days at a dog groomers at the end of August. I'd really like a week but they're not open on Mondays and I can't do the weekend unfortunately. Four days is still better than nothing though, and as you say it will all add up.
I'm aiming for three different practices by September too
. Although sadly they're all SA though grrr.
It's alright really
. It has to be done, and if nothing else it gives me some time to write up what I've learnt. Sometimes people are awesome enough to give me lifts home/to the station as well (anyone remember my earlier comment; 'Farmy people are the best people'?
)
The Challenge is alright. I went to the residential home today which was a bit depressing because some of the residents have varying levels of dementia, which is really sad
. Some of the people really didn't know what they were talking about; one chap told me that there was a bomb literally in his hand. Another lady told me that she never had any children, but she likes her grandchildren. None of the people that I spoke to were of English origin, there was a real mixure of Irish, Swiss, Canadian, Asian... but that meant that their relatives live far away so they rarely get visits. They seemed very grateful for the company though, and I got an award thing for apparently being really patient and talkative to everyone I spoke to
. Now it's up to us to come up with a project to help improve their lives in some way. Some of the ideas that we have floating around include organising a picnic, writing up a book of all their stories, campaigning for improved public transport for elderly people and bringing in some animals for companionship. Strangely it wasn't me that came up with the animal idea, but the rest of the group and the residents that everyone spoke to seemed really on-board with the idea, so being someone who is quite well connected animal-wise
I'm going to try to see if I can pull a few strings.
I can't wait to do lambing, I just hope I can get some booked! I want to go out and organise it NOW, but I can't help but feeling that my thinking is a bit premature...
I got an abattoir contact today (Annabel_lear is an awesome person. Go shower her with love
) so hopefully I can get at least a day before September as well. Gosh if this holiday is a mad rush what on Earth is next year going to bring!?