Jess

Last night our kitten, Jess, was killed by a car in the road right outside our house. She was a beautiful, friendly and playful little thing and so tolerant of Zack.


Believe me: boisterous toddlers will be too rough with your cat sometimes! But she would put up with it and get him back by ambushing him from some hidden vantage point as past, leaving him in fits of giggles as he looked round to find his agile assailant had already disappeared again.



When Zack had fallen asleep at night she would curl up with him on his bed. More than once we found the pair asleep lying side by side, Zack with  his arm around her.

The Inevitability of Being Late For School and Mucky Knees

I wrote this on my phone the other morning  whilst still waiting for the train. It was late…
It turns out that it is simply impossible for us ever to be on time for school. Zack is ALWAYS late for school and there is no point trying to fight it; the Universe will not allow it to be any other way.