Miserable Monday

So today started off very early stripping the bed and putting everything in the wash. Bonnie had an accident and wee'd all over the bed. I have been trying to get her to sleep in her own bed while she's not been well but last night she just wanted to come up and slept in my arms bless her. She never wants me to cuddle up to her in bed but last night she seemed to want to which was nice for me as I felt like it was my chance to be with her before I had to say goodbye.

I've had 12 good years with Bonnie and she has brought me so much happiness so the least I can do is not let her suffer with no quality of life. I know to some people they are just pets but I probably spend more time with my dogs than I do any person. They come to work with me, they sleep on the bed with me, and they are like my children. She can't go for a walk as her legs as so weak and she struggles to support her own body weight because her belly is so swollen. I've had to make the difficult decision to contact the company that Lynne gave me as she has used them herself and recommended a lady called Katja.

Someone from Pet's Relaxed rang me back (the place Katja works) and said it would be £300 for them to come to the house and put Bonnie to sleep. She is going to come tomorrow (Tuesday) at 3:30pm. They also work with a company called Legacy Pets which is the same company I looked up online based in Bury. The cremation would be £200 which includes collection and also delivery of the ashes back. Mum is staying at mine tonight so she is here tomorrow and Kirsty is traveling back from London so she can be here to say goodbye too. It's the hardest thing I've had to do as in the past when we've had pets I was young so mum and dad dealt with all that.

In other news, I chased up the court enforcement people to see where the claim with Ashley was up to and I should have received an email back in October, but didn't, explaining they had set up a payment plan ( I knew that would happen). So he is going to pay £300 a month until it is paid off. I will wait to see if that happens, at least it's not something ridiculous like £50 a month, but still it's going to take another few months for me to get my money back. I will put the money in my holiday fund so I see something positive from it. It just feels like an absolute piss-take when he could have paid in installments LAST December if he really wanted to. Well hopefully he will stick to it and pay it off. It would be very easy for me to slag him off and post his business name etc telling people not to trust him, but that is not my style and would also be counter-productive, cos if his business doesn't do well he's not going to be able to afford to pay his installments. The visit report said he is on universal credit, as if he's on the breadline. Didn't mention the fact that he is also running his own business and probably has stock? It just shows how it doesn't happen as they show you on "Can't Pay We'll Take it Away" on there they have them ringing around relatives to pay the debt so they don't take their big flat screen TV etc. It's a joke!

I'm also waiting for money from my pet insurance claim from the vets and also money from Jet2 for my flight delay. The vet's money will just be canceled out by the next vet bill I get. The Jet2 money however, will be going into my holiday jar since it was compensation and I didn't have it before.