Having arrived in England it’s time to get busy with preparing my mother for her move on Thursday. There is a lot to do! Yesterday was spent trying to assess what is going to go to the new flat, what is going to be given away or donated to charity and what is going to be disposed of. We made some progress but there seems to be an endless amount of things to go through.
My trip over to England went smoothly even though my first flight was delayed by 30 minutes. I always allow a lot of connection time between my flights when flying overseas as it seems that the airlines love to land you in one terminal and then challenge you to get to the terminal furthest away collecting your luggage and clearing customs on the way. I would rather spend a few hours sitting in the airport than doing the airport dash! I was a little disappointed that in my hurry to leave the house and get to the airport I forgot to grab my alpaca energy mat, the flight just was not the same without it.
My friend Linda was at the airport to meet me and drive me to my mothers, the journey on the M25 to Heathrow is a little better than the journey to Gatwick, but the M25 still had an enormous amount of traffic on it, especially compared to the traffic we get in Clovis, New Mexico. Linda and I took the opportunity to stop and have a cup of coffee together, catching up on our latest news including hearing about Linda’s recent radio interview on Three Counties Radio, a local radio station.
Back at home Ric has been busy too, doing some substitute teaching and keeping up with chores. The visiting girls were ready for behaviour testing following their breedings. Celeste was pretty definite that she did not want to see any male alpacas, but Marti and Cariad were a little less certain. With Marti being a maiden she may be confused about the signals her body is sending her, it is not unusual for a maiden alpaca to be a little difficult to read when it comes to behaviour testing. Cariad though has been bred before, so her behaviour might be telling us that she has ovulated but has not conceived a pregnancy. The next behaviour test will give us a better idea of which girls could be pregnant and which will need rebreeding.
The next few days are going to be very busy here in England, the removal van is booked for April 17th and once everything earmarked for the new flat has been moved we will have to finish clearing out whatever has been left at the old house, but once the job is done it will be a good feeling.
Ric has told me that he has a blog entry to upload in the next day or two, so hopefully I will get a chance to talk him through the new control panel on WordPress that was installed just a few days before I left for England. The new control panel is, to me, less simple to follow and it might take Ric a few attempts to get his blog entry loaded. So keep checking back to see if Ric is successful in loading his blog entry and what he has to tell us about “A Taste of Life at Windrush Alpacas” during my absence.
A Taste of Life at Windrush Alpacas 