Problems Solved and Sponsored Walk in Diary

Thanks for all your advice on my precidaments in the last entry. As it turns out, both problems solved themselves.

Roxy’s owners were avoiding me because they felt bad about not having my money ready yet, even though I keep telling them that they have four weeks to pay each week. I eventually got all the money owed to me and now we’re square and back to walking most days.

The problem with house sitting for Jay’s cousin. They’ve had to cancel their holiday because of health problems, so I’m not doing that job for them anymore, so I don’t have to worry about the place being robbed.

So all is ok now. I’ve got quite a lot of pet sitting appointments booked for the next few months as people go on holiday, so I’ll be out of the house at least 13 hours a day for most of the summer as I work it around my full time day job. It is hard work but I enjoy spending time with the animals and the extra money certainly comes in handy.

Me and Jay had a big clear out so we had a stall at a car boot sale last week. The first half an hour was a nightmare. As soon as we pulled up in the car, we were mobbed. People were rummaging through the car before we had a chance to get anything out asking how much everything was and loads of people all trying to talk to us at once. They were very rude and it was quite stressful. We didn’t even know what some of the stuff was that we had as Jay’s mam had given us a bunch of stuff to sell and we hadn’t looked through it, never mind thought of prices. The weather was lovely, though, and we took about £50 throughout the day, which is better than a kick in the teeth. We still have a big bunch of stuff to get rid of, though. I don’t want to put it on eBay as there are about 70 items altogether and it’s a right pain when most of them are only worth between £1 - £4. I’ve took quick photos of them all and posted them on a selling page on Facebook, but if they don’t go there, I’m just going to take it all to a charity shop.

I went to Sheffield yesterday to watch my team play roller derby. They lost by a long way as the other team were a lot better. The other team had some interesting tactics and I’d like to discuss some of them in the debrief tomorrow.

The minibus on the way back was fun. Some people bought alcohol (I didn’t, I had to drive when I got back) and got quite tipsy. I always though Binty didn’t like me as she’s never really spoken to me and usually come across as being quite aggressive. But on the minibus yesterday, me, Binty and Pressa had a right good gossip during the two hour journey back and they were telling me some quite personal stuff. I don’t know if it was the booze that was talking but it was nice anyway. We were also singing along quite loudly to some cheesy music like Kylie Minogue, Journey and the Fresh Prince. I’m not sure whether or not I’ll go on the minibus or drive next time as it’s a LONG day on the minibus due to the players having to be there quite early. But as I’m a spectator for the British Champs games, I can get away with getting there a couple of hours later and then I can leave when I want. But it was lots of fun! I’ll have to see how I feel nearer the time.

Me and my dad have decided to do a sponsored walk in September; climbing mount Snowdon to raise money for Animals Asia. Snowdon is the highest mountain in England and Wales and we’ve been climbing mountains together ever since I can walk so it should be fun. If you would like to sponsor us to help rescue moon bears from the bile trade, cats and dogs stolen from their owners for the meat trade and zoo and circus animals from a lifetime of abuse, then please do, it would be gratefully appreciated, thank you :o) My fundraising page is here.

This time next week I’ll be all packed and ready for my trip to Spain :o)