In Sickness & In Health

Health in McEllis Towers of late has been a tad negative to say the least. It all started with 'Him Indoors' developing a number of joint attacks, and thinking that they were jolly comfortable and happy where they were, decided to stay for a while and make his poor life a misery (and I thought I did a good enough job on my own!). 

Max making Dad feel better...

There have been blood tests, MRIs, x-rays, etc and now he's taking steroids, which make him look like he's run a marathon (which he does in his sleep most nights anyway!!!). Oh, and let's not get started on sleep, or lack of it. One night I awoke from my slumber to hear my Husband walking out of the front door, in the middle of the night, completely naked. He came in, left the front door open and then promptly went back to sleep - he has no recollection of this event!!!!! 

Remember Kids, so NO to drugs.....!

My Man and Millie

I worry so much about him, of course I do, but I also feel helpless, what the hell CAN I do?!?! He hurts from morning until night, he has chronic insomnia, the drugs make him feel yuck and to top it all off, he lives with me......goodness knows how he copes with it all, honestly! What with everything else that has been going on this past year, it just makes me wonder how on earth he finds the energy to have the most gorgeous, effervescent, handsome smile that just melts me. He's a fighter, thankfully, well he is until I have to start wiping his arse for him, then it's off to Switzerland (his words, not mine!!!). He starts a new drug regime in a few weeks which (here we go again!) is going to make him really poorly......however, the end result it supposed to make him feel better. We. Will. See.

Millie Love

As the old git has not been too good, he's been at home, which has meant that the puppies have been spoilt rotten with Daddy Love every day for the last couple of weeks. They are not going to know what's hit them when we're both back at work from Monday morning! Max has been loving the extra Daddy Time and in the mornings he is SO cuddly and loving, a proper little snuggle monster, which is lovely but a pain when you have to get out of bed to go to work and you have this warm, fluffy hot water bottle of a dog cuddling you!

No dogs were harmed in the taking of this picture

In comparison, I am 100% fine and dandy, I wouldn't even dare to compare my 'aches and pains' with his condition, they're just chalk and cheese. I did cripple myself with a couple of bags of gravel last week in preparation for our small 'gathering' and ended up tearing some muscles in my back/shoulders/neck which has had me feeling sorry for myself and a bit moany (nothing new there then I hear you say!). However, the garden looked amazing and it was worth the pain.

Le Jardin - ready for Le Soiree

I've been cycling to work and back almost every day since February and I am very happy that I have lost 18lbs in weight. I didn't think I had lost so much but got the shock of my life when I weighed myself! I am very pleased and I will continue to cycle every day until the ice/snow force me onto the commuter train. I absolutely love cycling to work, although this past week I had 2 punctures in 2 days which did not go down well.....I was less than pleased - the air being savoury with unsuitable outbursts. However, the plus side is that I now have super-dooper tyres that are kevlar reinforced and less prone to punctures.....

My Trusty Steed

Millie continues to refuse training and is just as obnoxious to other dogs as she has been the past year. Although, it has to be said that there have been glimmers of hope recently when she's been in the vicinity of other dogs, so perhaps she's "getting it", albeit very slowly! This morning we took them to Dulwich Woods for a good walk and Millie came face to face with at least 6 other dogs all at the same time. She did not know what to do or where to look, so every hackle went bolt upright, she braced herself and walked right through them, ignoring them all. She looked like a Sulawesi Crested Macaque......Very funny!!! 

Millie or Macaque - You Decide!

At home Millie is pretty much referred to as Wiggles or Millie-Moo (sometimes just Moo!)......well, after having a chat with the lovely Jo next door, she tells us that even the kids (Daniel and Alanah) have started calling her Millie-Moo after hearing us do it and that Alanah also does a pretty good impression of Max's little bark (which we have yet to hear!). What IS funny, is listening to the kids playing in the garden, shouting "EXPELLIARMUS" at each other. It almost made me want to join in....FAB kids, just FAB!

Wiggle in the Woods

Although it is not and never has been a competition between blogs (silently, for me anyway, it IS a competition!), I noticed today that we have received 4708 hits to the Max & Millie blog which is amazing considering that most of the time I'm convinced that no one reads it. However, when you compare this with 6258 hits on the pesky Hens in the City Blog which has been going twice as long (ish) then you realise that we're not doing so bad at all......not bad people, not bad at all.....THANK YOU for reading....and please continue to do so!

Thanks for the hits!

Music for this chapter is brought to you by the unstoppable Beyonce.....retro, smooth, summery, lovely.....(and sort of dedicated to my Husband who I love more than Haribo....and that's A LOT!).