A Life in the Day of Me

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                    A Life in the Day of Me

“Beep, Beep! Beep, Beep!”

From under the warm, snug land of nod, my hand flops out and brutally swats at the little silver alarm clock, which I despise because it has the pleasure of making me wake up every morning.

I sit up, and try to think about what to do next, my head still full of pillows. I check the time- 6:35 and idly flop back down.

I am about to return to slumber-land when Molly the pregnant multicoloured cat plods in. I lie on my side and stare at her. A warm, owlish glazed gaze stares back and I jump energetically to action! Well, more of an idle flop out of bed, really. I then stumble like a drunken sailor across my room to check on a few other minor details in my daily life- my pets. I first peer at Gordon the stick- insect and give him a quick spray of water to moisten him up. I then tap on Bob the wild voles’ little cage check his supply of food and water. Next is Ruby and Pip the rats who are also rattling their bowls like ungrateful toddlers. I throw in a few choice morcels of ‘Rody rat Food’.

I notice Molly and Bagpuss, my other cat, sponging for their breakfast in the doorway. I stagger downstairs after them, to the kitchen, where they are given ‘whiskas’ cat food, which I might add, is probably both the most revolting smelling, and looking pet food I have ever had the ‘pleasure’ of serving!

Last but not least are the outside pets: Poppy and Annabelle the guinea- pigs, Socks the rabbit and his sister, Saffy who has five baby bunnies, who are given ‘Russel’ rabbit food. That’s not all yet! The very last but just as important member of the family is Ren the ‘lonely’ goldfish, who is given ‘Tetra-Finn’ goldfish flakes. You might be thinking what a zoo I have, but we love them all very much!

I now, finally have time to sort my own self out. By this time I am partially conscious, so I leap wilfully into the shower, before anyone else and battle with the hot and cold taps until I feel I am sufficiently cleansed. I then do everything, which anyone else normally does during their time in the bathroom.

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I always dry my hair naturally or I look like something which has stepped out of a Stephen King book, and scrape it back or do something with it until it looks something vaguely like a ‘style’(not one of my strong points!).

I am normally late by now so I yank on clothes like… well, how anyone else does- underwear, then trousers, shirt, tie, socks. Ah! The socks- I always make sure they are nothing short of…,well, comical.

They are either ‘Chicken Run’, ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Wallace and Gromit’, a silly pattern or just odd!

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