Ok I’ve had insomnia, fatigue and strange symptoms as issues for years. I’ve had to deal with it but I hadn’t realised how much I had relied on my other half until he had this dramatic major health issue. Facing your mortality like this has made me realise how much we both have to change our thinking about life and accept the unexpected, and live our best lives.

We have been struggling with both of us having sleep issues, which our traumatised rescue compounds when she barks at the night animals visiting our garden, the human visitors ringing the front door and even a family member replying to a question.

I might have mentioned she also steals things, well she stole our tea again today… we have to be SO vigilant and that’s exhausting and expensive. Two trips to the butcher in one afternoon… No point in getting angry with her but you want to strangle something. We went out to find some parsley in the wild plants in the herb box so I got angry with the weeds in there instead… and the seed heads in the sage. Maybe after my early morning drop offs tomorrow to the Greenway run and the Sixth Form biology coach trip to Dorset I can get the snippers out.