Always look on the bright side of life!

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): Black.
Anxiety (From 1 = barely any to 10 = gibbering wreck standard): 5.
Tears: Yes.
Overall day:  😕

Creative Clara needs to be truthful with you baggees, Hormonal Hannah has had Baggy in a rubbish place for the last week or so. It's probably justified though. She's finding it a bit much to cope with at the moment. 

1. Poor number one furry is still far from okay. It's almost certainly the two antibiotics that he's on that are making him feel so rough, but he keeps getting very dizzy. And to say that he's cranky....well - the word is stir-crazy. He'll be taking his sixth week off work next week (out of seven), because apart from the fact that he feels pretty grotty, there's no way it would be wise to drive a 44-tonne lump of metal about.
2. Lack of any proper income because of this, is making Cal feel guilty. And Baggy feel even more guilty that she earns nothing.
3. Minty Mutt is healing well but Furry Mama is worried about how scared he is getting: of storms, of being left, of nothing in particular.
4. When Furry Mama went to the vet's on Wednesday to pick up more tramadol and dementia pills for him, the vet asked when she was back for his check up. "Next Monday", said Furry Mama. "Okay, well we can discuss his other lumps then". Now call Freda Fretter a worrywart but if they were fatty lumps, would she not just have said that?
5. Clever Bird chased her totally useless solicitor ten days ago because she knows that absolutely everything is in place for both land purchases to be completed (so that Cal and Gloria Gardener can finally actually own their own garden), and yet she has nothing (correct) to sign yet! Has she heard a thing back? Has she icky-thump?
6. Freda Fretter however is quite happy about that, as when it is all completed, the bills will have to be paid. Somehow.
7. The holiday cottage is doing quite well. It's had its first, very good, review. But it needs a year's worth of bookings to cover the cost of the investment. Freda Fretter can't help panicking that there are not more bookings coming in.

So maybe Baggy's anxiety is rational. But the pesky black cloud is annoying. But on the love everything - life is too short philosophy of life, she is dealing with everything positively and rationally!

1. Number one needs to be at home resting. Furry Mama is looking after him as best she can. Today she took him over to Bungay, her home town from ten to eighteen years old. She'd heard that it had gone down hill. But actually, although the main high street largely consisted of charity shops (always a bad sign), the town was lovely, with some gorgeous shops and cafés. (Clara forgot her camera, and her phone though!) It was good to get out of the house for a couple of hours.
2. To earn some extra cash, Clara is taking her little vintage stall to two fairs in August. Calum has bought her a gazebo to cover all weather eventualities for the outdoor market one - of course the cost of it will be any profit gone, but it means that they can do more outdoor fairs in the future. Planning ahead!
3. Furry Mama and Cal are treating Minty on a daily basis. Little walks. Tasty treats. Steak dinners. New toys. Lots of cuddles. She's looking forward to taking him out and about again very soon.
4. Worry not about the solicitor. Worry not about the land. Worry not about the cost. It will all come right in the end! Time for Clever Bird to sell some of Clara's bits at auction! First up some Clarice Cliff and Guiness Toucans - that should pay for the gazebo!
5. Plan lots more vintage fairs.
6. Have faith in the holiday cottage. It is lovely and will be really cosy in winter. The investment will be covered eventually, but meanwhile it's a sound investment.
7. Clever Bird knows that there are much worse problems to have! As long as Calum gets better and Minty Mutt can enjoy his twilight years, all the rest is just "stuff", that can be dealt with one way or another.
8. Time for The Domestic Goddess to track down a few more cans of paint.........