Monday so far...

Hula asked if I could help out this morning with the full clean out of the small animal house. The number of animals have really dropped since the weekend, we now only have three rabbits, the tortoise and four hamsters.

I was dreading cleaning out the hamsters, because usually I only do a tidy up clean, which doesn't involve picking them up! I've never held a hamster before and when I usually stroke them they sometimes look like they're going to bite me!! However, I managed to pick Hammy the friendly looking one and all went well, the next one Clare, a large rusty coloured girl, I manage to scoop out with her hamster wheel and the other two I picked up with a handful of their bedding so that I didn't disturb them too much... I survived!!

After Hula, it was off to the doctors for my final jabs, Hep B booster and Typhoid, the nurse who gave me my jabs was really interested in what I'm up to and wanted to come and help out with the soup run and Alzheimer's clubs, which is really amazing!

Then I went off to Stony Stratford for the Alzheimer's Memory Storybooks session, but sadly due to bad weather there was a no show, so I sat with Shabs, one of the full time staff member and talked to her about how long she has worked for the Society and how she deals with the emotional side of the job, over a coffee.

Then, as I had a little time on my hands, I decided to have a look round Oxfam in the high street and picked up a lovely cardigan and shirt for when I go to the orphanage, for the bargain price of £7.

And in half an hour I'll be heading off to the soup run, busy, busy Monday!! Roll on 9.30!