Gentle Start

   Here I am at my sentry post - staring through the fence into a little window that mum thinks goes to the neighbours kitchen.   She knows the neighbour as he is a senior man that works at mums work.  He told her that he was able to buy the house for $17,000 30 years ago.  Houses like his are now worth 30 times that amount, even though his is small like ours and quite run down without any fancy renovations done to it, no parking and tricky access.  Mum is sure that he doesn't mind me spying on him.

It has been a gentle start to the week of work.  Mum has stocked up with lots of groceries and has been making some healthy dinners and taking lots of fruit to have with a sandwich for her lunch.  This time of year and the markets and supermarkets are full of lovely spring fruit and the tail end of pears and apples.  She has made a big bowl of chicken, vegetable and chilli noodles for dinner earlier in the week, and tomorrow morning will cook a pasta dish to last for the next couple of nights shift.  Mum finds it easier to cook only a couple of nights a week, making enough to last two evenings and some leftovers for lunch.  At work there is a staff room where they all eat together, with most people bringing their own lunches from home.

Me I am happy having my fancy feast every night.  Tonight mine was eaten by 6pm, and then I was in bed with a full tummy by 6.30pm ready for my 14 hour sleeps.  Mum will join me at midnight, read a little while and maybe watch an episode of something on her tablet.  Luckily we can sleep in a bit later tomorrow morning so we should get in a good 7-8 hours of sleeping for her.

Sweet dreams friends.