Mr Woof spent about four hours last night running in and out stressed out and looking for me. He was very happy when I got home, and hopefully will be a bit more relaxed tonight. And hopefully I will be a bit more relaxed too, knowing he's ok.
The positive outcome is that he is now confidently using the dog door in both directions and no longer requires my dog door midwiffery to get up the courage to go through.
Miss Meow was also a bit stressed at having me out all night - she spend an hour or so in the early hours of the morning searching for me. Both of them were glued to my side in bed after I got home.
Poor Mr Woof is freaking out with me gone from the house ☹️ I'm looking at him on the camera and he's been running in and out looking for me for over 2 hours now. Which at least means he is getting used to using the dog door.
Today was cleaning day; vacuum, mop etc. There has been a lot tracked in by all the removalists etc. so it's nice to get the floors cleaned up (even if it is still working around boxes!) Hopefully now I've got the shoe change area set up and some mats down to reduce dust at the garage entrance it will keep things a bit cleaner. It's also a well sealed house which will hopefully reduce the amount of outside dust that gets in too.
I also did some weather stripping of the dog door insert, which has cut down the draughts from that a lot. I also have a plastic "double glazing" film to put on the glass panel at some point, which will just leave the bit of gap around the dog door itself leaking a bit of air. Not really much that can be done about that and still have it usable. I can feel the difference already from the weatherstripping, and it's stopped it rattling in the wind.
Tonight I'll be working, so I'll be heading off for a nap shortly which will hopefully help me get through it.
A little bit, mostly that fine misty rain you can't tell is there until you go outside. Or until your dog comes back inside slightly damp. But it is a bit heavier now.
Miss Meow had a bit of an explore outside too - I was adding some weather stripping to the dog door panel and she took advantage of the open door to "sneak" outside. I don't think the weather was much to her liking.
That sounds very cozy. I will admit to not being a fan of eating in bed though.
I'm already up and about, even took Mr Woof on a morning walk (albeit a short one, given the weather). Now snuggled on the couch listening to Miss Meow snoring away on her window hammock - now that I've solved her problems getting onto it she is a definite fan.
I keep looking at completely the wrong spot on the weather radar through force of habit. I think the next bit of rain is going to miss us, if I'm wrong we'll come back from our walk soggy. I really need to find Mr Woof's robe, I know it's in a box somewhere...
Claim a refund. You can return anything, for any reason. Something like that, (especially when you put the reason in that it was not as described) they often don't even want you to return it.
The other thing you should do with Temu is go to any past orders (within two weeks) and click on the price adjustment button - it the price has gone down since you purchased they will give you a credit for the difference.
It's miserable weather, but at least I can now be confident my heater is up to the task.
I've now done the setup for the outdoor security cameras, I just need the weather to improve enough for me to go outside and mount them. It's just a couple of screws to clamp on to the gutter so it shouldn't take too long - the hardest bit will be deciding the best postion for the one in the back yard.
Unfortunately my leave is over and I have to go to work tomorrow. My first night shift in ages, hopefully the novelty of meeting a bunch of new people and learning how to do my job in a different place will stop me falling asleep.
Given they are sold as a pre-packaged item I think it would not just be against social norms, but could also be illegal. Especially if you have to break a seal to do it. It's like openeing a few bags of jelly snakes to consolidate the red ones because you don't like the mix.
It's not the same as the bag of grapes which are still weighed at checkout and just divided into bags for convenience.
That was invigorating. I got to start my walk with a game of Pick Up the Rubbish Bin and Chase Down my Rubbish Strewn Down the Street. Just in time too, the truck was collecting it just as we got back.
My new laundry rack and remote control for the garage have both arrived. I think I'll need to move the van to access the controller to program the remote, I might wait until it's not so windy to do that, I'm likely to lose half the contents of the garage if I open the door.
Edit: I'm going to brave the outdoors anyway. Feels like temp is still below zero out there, so if you don't here from me again assume I turned into an icicle.
Mr Woof spent about four hours last night running in and out stressed out and looking for me. He was very happy when I got home, and hopefully will be a bit more relaxed tonight. And hopefully I will be a bit more relaxed too, knowing he's ok.
The positive outcome is that he is now confidently using the dog door in both directions and no longer requires my dog door midwiffery to get up the courage to go through.
Miss Meow was also a bit stressed at having me out all night - she spend an hour or so in the early hours of the morning searching for me. Both of them were glued to my side in bed after I got home.