Who'll love Aladdin Sane

You may have seen from my replies to my last blog that the vet phoned me late Friday afternoon to say they still hadn’t got the Xrays. So I phoned the old vet who said the computer said they’d been sent that morning. I queried this as they were supposed to have been sent the day before. Anyway, I knew that the girl I was talking to has a soft spot for Jez, so I laid it on thick about how the new vet needed the Xrays to refer her, and that in the meantime she was in a really bad way, and so she went and had a look round for me. Sure enough the XRays were still there! So I went round and picked them up, and then took them to the new vet – a round trip of around 45 minutes. Of course, the new vet had left for the week-end, so won’t have had a chance to do anything until today, but at least I know they’ve got them. The receptionist had also printed out a spare set of Jez’s notes ‘just in case’, so I’ve got those to, which might help with any insurance claim for her other leg. I’m not sure how long it will be now before I hear what’s happening. Meanwhile we’re continuing to try and manage the situation and rest her, although we’re taking her for a short period of exercise each day. It helps keep her calmer and us sane.

Dad and Pat came for ‘Christmas’ lunch yesterday, as they are going to Spain for Christmas and New Year. We all ate and drank too much, but everyone seemed to enjoy the meal (the piece of beef I had was beautiful). Jez got overexcited, as she always does when my Dad comes over, so I dread to think what she did to her knee. But Dad was really put out as he forgot to bring Jez’s Christmas present.

On the film front we have watched the new Indiana Jones film, which was a lot better than I expected given Harrison Ford’s age. In fact, we watched it twice as I put it on for Dad and Pat to see Sunday afternoon. We also saw The Bucket List which was excellent. As Chris said, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman were so good, most of the time you forgot they were acting. Chris seems to have given up trying to watch Dexter – he really isn’t that keen. But he’s over the moon that the final episodes of series 3 of Supernatural have appeared on cable.

Well, I think that’s about it – other than the fact that I see that the Aladdin Sane print is now for sale. I spoke to Chris about it, as we never bought the Hunky Dory print but at the time thought we would be interested in AS if it was ever released. He said: “Well, you’ve got a choice: Aladdin Sane or Jez’s knee. What do you think Jez?” Jez voted for her knee. I said “Well, no contest then!”