Holly arrives

Day 81 & 82- Monday & Tuesday
Didn’t get a chance to write yesterday as I was soo busy! Holly has moved to Dubai! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNAQ8LLptUo&feature=related

She wasn't enjoying living in Portugal so she has moved here to help mum look after me and try to find a good job. The plan is then for Pedro to move out in a few months once she is settled, got a job and flat. So our house is busy with a new puppy and a sister staying! Poor Matt is being overtaken by Woolstons!

So yesterday we had to go shopping to buy Holly a suit for interviews. I feel tired but keen to get out of the house and see inside a mall again! Go in the wheelchair and have to stay in the chair pretty much the whole time. We manage to find Holly some work clothes in Zara and I find myself a pair of leather pants! Now Holly just needs shoes and we are done. Easier said than done! Because of the sales, everywhere has sold out of black size 6s. In the last shoe shop we are desperate and the only style available is a black stiletto with a silver mirrored heel! Gorgeous! From the front they look very professional and from the back they look a little risqué!

Before we leave the mall I have a bag of sweets- green laces, gums and raspberries. Eat the whole bag in the last shoe shop and then get a sugar high! I am also covered in sugar. Must look very special sitting in the chair!

Today Holly has had a meeting with a recruitment agency and an interview. Within an hour she was called to say she had made the next test round so hopefully she gets a job soon. Tomorrow 3 interviews are scheduled.

Feel tired and quite weak today. Only managed a short snooze and I find on these days I don't last very well. Bit depressing but at least I can leave the house, even if it is to be taxi service!

Buddy is settling in really well. Still no accidents and he is starting to come out of himself a bit more. He collects all his toys and anything else lying around the house that he can carry in his mouth and piles them in the garden. He is getting more confident with Malika and has even tried to initiate some playing. Malika is almost ready to let her hair down and play!

For the last few nights Malika and Buddy have slept in the room with mum and Holly, so 4 on the bed! Tonight, now he is more settled, Buddy is sleeping in the downstairs toilet where he is put if we go out. Not yet confident that the two dogs will be OK if left alone so keeping them separate when we are not around.

My patient 'C' pops round to pick up a Beating Bowel Cancer t-shirts for her colleague and my former patient 'S'. She has managed to persuade him to run the marathon on my behalf. I am very grateful for all of those that are running to raise money for Beating Bowel Cancer this Friday. Today at Matt's school all the children participated in a fun run also to raise money for the charity. Hear it was a great success and can't wait to see the pictures. The kids did really well at getting sponsored and a sweet kid even asked Matt "Mr Barrett is it your wife that has the cancer? I hope she gets better"!

Now time for an early night…………………….