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Animal House.


I’m officially on pet-sitting duties for the week, staying at my mum’s to look after her dog and cat (two separate animals) while she’s on holiday in Rhodes.

There’s a slight air of responsibility to the whole affair, although I’ve looked after both in the past and have walked my mum’s dog a lot over the years, so I’m sure I’m up to the challenge. As I type, the dog’s asleep in the kitchen and the cat’s asleep on the bed upstairs, so all’s going according to plan for the moment; I haven’t set fire to the house yet.

Hopefully it will make for a nice change to spend a few days here in their company. I’ve got quite a lot to prepare for over the next three weeks, what with two Mostly Comedys and the filming of my show, but there’s no reason I can’t do most of the prep here. I’ve brought my computer, my acoustic guitar and my show notes, so there’s little to hold me back; the change of scenery may even help, plus my mum has a nice garden I can sit in if the weather’s good.

Tomorrow will be a bit of a pain as I have a doctors’ appointment in Stevenage in the morning so I’ll have to get a couple of buses there, but that’s the biggest faff of the week, save Thursday when I have Mostly Comedy, but my wife will take my place here for that. I’m sure she’s looking forward to some quality time with my mum’s pets too; they’re certainly very welcoming. They’re also far nicer than most humans, which is no surprise; maybe Doctor Doolittle got it right (although he does have to hang around with Holly Willoughby as part of his job description, so make of that what you like).
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