A milder and drier day to walk and train Sam and then the task of packing up ready to leave for Paxton as Arthur Edmund's man had started work on building up Doris Vincent's garden, which had been nine inches under.
Then home to Paxton and a long walk for Sam across Mill Meadow. A worrying development with Della still plucking out her eyelashes and eyebrows because of some sort of neurosis. To the cinema with Di and then tired to bed after the driving and unloading.
Up early and first awake even earlier as some old lady telephoned my mobile telephone by mistake at 1.00am in the morning! Sam was whining again before breakfast, but I settled him down by telling him off and went out to him at the normal time. I took him across and up the road by the marina opposite and, for the first time, he was under control as we walked along that track and did not break any boundary unless I approved.
Then the task of packing up ready to leave for Paxton. Arthur Edmund's man had started work on building up Doris Vincent's garden by skimming off the gravel by shovel and wheelbarrow ready to pile wood shavings and bark pieces on the top. During the recent higher water, she had been up to nine inches under around the whole garden.
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Sam kept running to look as I took the bedding out of his kennel and scrubbed the inside down with hot water and disinfectant. Eventually I had finished all of my chores and was ready to leave, rather later than planned. The journey was fine and, to save time, I had a Drive Thru' MacDonalds lunch on the way so that I arrived only half an hour later than Sam's accustomed mealtime. He settled immediately in his other home, and I took him for a long walk across Mill Meadow. Daniel also arrived home for a brief overnight stay and the girls were very pleased to see both of us. I spent some time with Della who is still plucking out her eyelashes and eyebrows because of some sort of neurosis. It seems that the headmaster called her into his office today and spoke to her about Katie Hitchen, the girl who is bullying her, before telling Katie off afterwards and so we hope that she will get better now.
She was well settled later in the evening and so I took Diana to see an exciting film, "Some Good Men" which was all about bringing U.S. Marine bullies to justice. We were back late, and I was in bed much later as I stayed up to watch another exciting TV film about anti-corruption detectives bringing their own police chiefs to justice which was a similar film. A milder and drier day that came as a continued relief when I was doing all of the loading and unloading.