TGIF

TGIF? well to be truthful Friday is pretty much like most other days for me. I know people who work really look forward to the weekend for time off, but other than the fact I don't see my daughter now until Sunday night, it's all the same to me.

My phone has hardly stopped ringing for the last 20 hours. I had a nasty experience when I dropped into the vet's to collect the prescription for Honey's ointment to keep her pin holes free from infection. As I came out through the doorway I heard a loud bang and saw my car lurch. The stupid woman parked across the road in the car park had reversed straight into my car! She was turning but not quickly enough and clobbered my empty parked car on the diagonal. She smashed in her rear bumper on the off side corner and badly dented my rear door (estate car) and caught the corner of my bumber section too. She was in a Nissan X Trail (4x4 type) and her bumper was much higher than mine so she hit my body work rather than my bumper. The irony is she is a police woman! She was off duty and driving her husband's car so maybe she forgot how long and wide it is. Anyway my insurance company have started proceedings and I've had calls from them to tell me what they've done, calls from Enterprise Cars who will be providing a replacement car while my is fixed, two from their head office then two from the local Enterprise place. I've also had calls from the woman's insurance company offering help. Today I finally got a call from the body shop people to arrange an assessment inspection of my car. Guess when is the earliest they can do it? Monday 31st January! There has been an avalanche of minor and major crunches in the last 2 weeks and this place is the main crash repair centre for the area so they are snowed under. Hey ho! at least my car is usable and the door locks and unlocks ok so it's secure. Just got a big dent in it and paint work damaged, with a small dent in the bumper panel too. I took my car through the car wash yesterday too and gave it an extra wax treatment, maybe the woman was dazzled by the shine LOL

The good news is that Honey is doing well. Her leg is clean and dry although the bandages around her metal work are looking a bit grubby. I put the antibacterial/antiseptic ointment around the pin holes at night and it's all looking good.

Honey on a hot summer's day

She is trotting around the house with only a slight limp and is walking faster than me on walks now. If she needs to move faster she lifts the pinned leg and runs on three legs! I am pleased she is using the leg as much as she does. It's keeping her toes flexible and helping keep her shoulder muscles working. She lost about 1.5 kilos in the 2 weeks following her accident and she is slowly putting some back on. She has gained about 0.4 kilos over the last month. I am glad because she was too thin at under 27 kilos. She now looks much better and is just right. I hope to keep her weight around 27.5kg. She is certainly eating well and tells me off if I am late with her breakfast or dinner. Just who's the boss round here? ....looks like her LOL!
As soon as I can get my Bluetooth dongle working on my new PC I will upload the photos off my phone of Honey with her leg. Nothing gruesome so don't worry!

I have no plans for the weekend, other than doing more updates on the Swanage website. It looks as though it will stay dry with little wind so ideal for taking Honey walkies :)
Have a good weekend yourself. xx