Number one furry is safe!

Note to readers (my lovely Baggees): For the avoidance of any doubt - every character in this blog is me!!! No Baggy was harmed in its writing.

Baggy's daily state!
Depression (Black = really bad/Grey = not great/Blue = okay/Yellow = sunny day): Blue.
Anxiety (From 1 = barely any to 10 = gibbering wreck standard): 10!!!
Tears: None.
Pancakes (Yes/No): Amazingly not.
Syns (Baggy is allowed 8-15): Let's just say - Victoria Sponge.
Weight in her terrifying naked state (Stones and pounds): 12st. 6lbs.
Overall day:  😎

Really rubbish night's sleep for Baggy, as Freda Fretter was so worried about the total mess that Clever Bird had landed their finances in. Well to be fair, it wasn't exactly Clever Bird, it was: totally replaced roof, land purchasing, solicitor's fees, £1k on Hinge's operation, £2k on Dodgy truck, £3.5k at the dentist, new (or rather) a heating system at the soon-to-be-a-holiday cottage, replacement washing machine and probably stuff Hannah's forgotten, all in the space of a few months. However, there is no real excuse for the purchase of Billy Bob! And Clever Bird knew weeks ago that they were reaching a point of no return, living beyond their means. But, and this is a big but, when Hormonal Hannah is in charge of Baggy she spends money (regardless of whether she has any). She's always done it. And when Cal is worried about money, he too spends it. The whole "life is too short" philosophy also played a part. Result: total crisis. Lots of lovely assets; zero cash to pay the bills. Potential disaster. Complete panic. Three hours of turning it over in ever decreasing circles from 2.30am to 5.30am didn't help!

Furry Mama walked Minty Mutt early, having wrapped yet another order for the USA from Creative Clara's little Etsy shop, Realuv that arrived in the early hours. Then off to a local town to get the last of the savings out, to stick it in the overdraft. This put Hannah's anxiety levels to maximum. Baggy was a panicky wreck. Cheque obtained, Creative Clara went to post her parcel. Clever Bird had got the weight wrong, so the postage cost £8.10 and she only got £5.99. All that effort for £6 profit! She went to the bank with her cheque. The lady at the next window asked to make an appointment to discuss a loan. A chap cashed in a bunch of pound coins. Another lady changed her address. By the time Baggy got Clever Bird to the window, she decided to do all of the above. Plastic bags collected for Cal's pounds. A cancellation appointment with a loan advisor in three hours time.

Baggy whizzed home - using her human sat. nav. to get her out of town. She got lost twice, even with Calum giving her directions over the phone, (not that she was stressed or anxious and not concentrating). Quick salad while she found bank statements, policies etc etc and packed over £400 of pound coins into plastic bags, then back to the bank. She got there early to pay the coins in and have a look around Beccles. Except this is little old Suffolk and most of Beccles was closed for lunch. Coins paid in, she decided to have a cappuccino while she waited for her appointment. The last, very large piece of Victoria sponge cake was looking at her, so she had that too, anything to calm down Freda Fretter who was in a major panic - the entire £6 profit had now been spent!. "What would they do if they couldn't get a loan?" Selling Hairy Biker Hen's bike and Baggy's car would raise some cash, but nowhere near enough. And Billy Bob is going nowhere! Let's face it, they might need to live in him!

Clever Bird decided that honesty was the best policy in her meeting. She explained about the land, the solicitor's fees, the roof, the need to spend money on the soon-to-be-a, and the fact that none of the figures were going to add up, largely thanks to having five very expensive four-legged furries and the minor detail that Baggy earns nothing and just has a teeny-weeny pension! Thankfully over thirty years with the same bank holds some clout. A loan was offered. But it was suggested that a short term re-mortgage would be better. Clever Bird was delighted and relieved. So a re-mortgage is back on the cards. And thankfully, Clever Bird's only other option of selling number one furry's body to the highest bidder won't be necessary...........