ADVENTURES > DJAVI`S DIARY > WEEK 11
Sunday September 18th 2005.
I haven't written in my diary for a week now. There was little to tell. Every day after my human had come home, we were allowed in the garden. But it soon became cold out there and chilly and wet. So we came back inside quite fast. If my human saw us all inside again, she would close the window. That's less cold of course, but then we can't go out for a fresh breath of air. I've been complaining out loud at times, but she hardly reacts to that.
The nights have become colder as well. Several times already I've crawled under the blankets with my human. And if that wasn't possible I'd lay closely against her. Sometimes she's so dear to me then, that I start to wash her. She doesn't like that and pushes or pulls me away. Need to think of a way to explain that to her.
Going outside isn't always fun anymore. The grass is wet and that causes me to have cold toes. If the sun is shining, I can warm up on the duck boards quite nicely. But sitting still is not for me. So I regularly take a walk through the garden, pop inside for a stroke and a cuddle and than sit in the sun some more.
Just now my human caught me, just as I wanted to go outside. She took my by my scruff, picked me up and put me on my back on her lap. Then she clipped my nails. I asked her why she did that, I thought they were just the right length. Apparently she thinks otherwise. Then she cleaned my ears, mumbling all sorts of ugly sounds. I refused to put up with that and I opposed as much as I could.
When she was finally satisfied she let me go. I couldn't get outside fast enough. Clipping my nails seems useless to me and luckily it's nothing to worry about. But she needs to leave my ears alone.
Tuesday September 20th 2005.
This morning my humans father came in while she wasn't even home. Of course I went to him to say hello and we even played a bit. Then he left again. I thought that was rather strange. Suddenly we heard something in the garden and there the father was.
He's been busy with stone and the ground. He was actually busy for quite some time. When my human came home that night and I told her that we had had a visitor, she wasn't even surprised. She gave us our dinner and then we went for a look in the garden.
At first there was a large pile of big paving stones and on the ground were smaller ones. Now there was a pile of the smaller ones and on the ground lay the bigger ones. It looks like there are duck boards in the back of the garden now too, only they're from stone. I'm curious to see what the purpose of that is.
Wednesday September 21rst 2005.
This morning my humans father came back again and worked more in the garden He had left already by the time my human came home. We went into the garden together to look at what he had done. Then I went to play. Tried to play a trick on Quibus, but it blew up in my face. Even my human complained to her about that. Quickly I went to my human to act pitiful and to receive consolation, but she wouldn't hear of it. She stroked me once and said that I should have known better by now then to tease Quibus. And that was the end of it.
Thursday September 22nd 2005.
Crawled against my human last night and washed her. Started in her neck and tried to work my way up. I hadn't gotten very far when she put her hand on her head. I tried to wash around it and then she grabbed me by my scruff and pulled me under the blankets. There it was nice and warm and I fell asleep.
When I woke up and crawled out from under the blankets, it was already getting light. After a walk around the room, I crawled back against my human. She was laying on her other side now and I could now reach the other side of her neck. So I washed it. It didn't take long before she pushed me away.
A moment later Yottum came to us and we nosed good morning. He did the same with my human and then he washed her nose without being pushed away. I thought that was unfair, that just couldn't be! Just as I was to protest out loud, the alarm clock went of. I stopped Yottum and wanted answers, but he only smiled and refused to say a word.
Friday September 23rd 2005.
This afternoon I have played in the sun and then I ate until my tummy was all round. Went out into the garden after that, but my human stayed inside. It was still early when it became dark and cold, so I left the garden for what it was. When my human went to close the window we were all in the house, except Yottum. For a moment it looked that he would have come in when my human called him, but he changed his mind. So she had to collect him.
I was pretty tired from playing and climbed on my humans lap. As I was close to her face I had to think of what Yottum did this morning. That he washed my humans nose without being pushed away. So I tried it, and what do you know, she didn't mind. I was also allowed to wash her chin, but that was it. And I'm not allowed to wash for too long, I must remember that.
I'm very tired now and will go to sleep. I no longer want to write in my diary, so this is the last time.
All the best,
Djavi
