A trip to the supermarket

After taking Totty out this morning I popped over to see Bronwyn Ann to find out about her trip to Christchurch to see her son. Totty comes in with me and sits on my knee and is so well behaved. We had a good natter out on her patio, the weather is lovely at the moment. She told me about the Tranzalpine train journey they went on from Christchurch to Greymouth and it sounds wonderful, something else for our list. I now know the geography of the country much better and can visualise where the towns are when people talk about them and I am beginning to be able to pronounce them! She is off up to see her daughter in Auckland tomorrow for the weekend.

I was later than I intended going to the supermarket but as Jon was in Hamilton for the day he wasn't coming home for lunch so I was in no hurry which, as it happens, was just as well...........

Just inside the supermarket door, by the fruit and veg, an elderly lady was standing she said she was waiting for one of the staff to find out a price for her. We exchanged a few words and she obviously knew I was English and off she went!!!!!! I didn't get a word in for 20 minutes or more!!!!!!!! She told me me all about her husband's heart attack, her daughter's illness, how she put all the doctors right about the diagnosis, her trips to UK, her friends over there and so it went on and all the time I was creeping away from her. This was a lady who had initially told me she was in a hurry. I would not like to meet her when she has time to spare!! I managed to get away eventually and enjoyed my trip to the supermarket and found the same brand ice cream that we had enjoyed at the cinema last night (Slumdog Millionaire was very, very good and we really enjoyed it, lovely cinema, too).

I was putting my trolley back in the "trundle park" when who should I bump into in the car park but yes it was Leoni, yes she even told me her name. Her car was actually parked "NEXT" to mine and off she went again - even stood behind the car talking to me and so I couldn't even drive out. I would never have got into that situation if Jon had been with me!

Totty had her second obedience class this evening and it was much better, she still won't "down" on the spiky grass but nearly gets there. However, all training seems to go out of the window when the agility class starts and the dogs bark as they are doing their routine, she just wants to get over to them!

After the class I went over to meet Joan, the lady I had made initial contact with, just to say hello and thank here for putting me "up" the list. It will be quite something if Totty and I can progress to her class with "clickers".