A LOT has happened in the last few days- I've been meaning to write a post for each day but since I've been run off my feet, it's been a bit difficult.
So here's a quick re-cap of what's been going on.
Wednesday, 30th April-
Ammi, Meshu and I went to Glasgow to finalise the wedding clothes. It was a very productive day. We got everything on our list done and more! I love all the lovely people Ammi's made friends with at the Aaina shop we go to in Glasgow- they are so helpful and accommodating :)
Thursday, 1st May-
Meher's caterer contacted her with a list of all the food stuffs/pretty decorating things he is gong to be providing for the joyous occasion. We all sat down to discuss each and every item on the list and worked hard to cut down each and every cost we could. Later in the evening, I went to Zumba. AWESOME :)
I came back home to hear the oddest news- Abbi, Ammi and Ayesha were not at home... For the past few days we had all been looking at a hand-painted sign propped up at the road side just outside Maybole, advertising "Puppies for Sale". Everytime we had passed it we looked at each other, imaging what life would be like with a glorious little puppy in our midst. But we knew it would be possible to have one. Abbi was quite adamant about the responsibilities/ difficulties/ responsibilities that come with owning a dog. We all agreed reluctantly that it would be too much to look after a dog what with all that we have to do. Keeping this is mind, I was surprised to hear that Abbi, Ammi and Ayesha had gone to look at the puppies advertised. Meher and I were upset since we wanted to see the pups too. But Meher stayed at home to look after Jeju and to wait for me to get back from exercise class. Grumbling, I went upstairs to shower. I hadn't been in the shower for two minutes all together when I was given a heart attack by someone hammering LOUDLY on the bathroom door. Yes, you guessed it- it was Ayesha,
"Meena Baji! MEENA BAJI!!!! COME QUICK! We are going to see the puppies! THE PUPPIES, COME QUICK! MEENA BAJI MEENA BAJI MEENA BAAAAAJJJJJIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!???!!"
Once my heartbeat slowed down considerably, I finished washing my hair and got out of the shower. All the while, Ayesha was prancing about telling me to hurry up. I put on whatever clothes I could find and didn't even get a chance to dry my hair as Ayesha dragged me down the stairs. Abbi was standing in the hallway, telling me to go quickly- Ammi was waiting in the car with Meher. Abbi would stay with Jeju so we could go look at the pups. In the car, Ayesha said that Abbi had agreed to get a dog. I didn't believe it for a second. I dutifully recited all of Abbi's reasons as to why we couldn't / shouldn't get a dog. We got to the farm- which was just a couple of minutes drive away from us- and then I saw the puppies. Needless to say I del in love there and then. They were a cross between a choc labrador and a collie. Mostly brown with a couple of tiny white spots on each puppy. Out of the ten Trudy (the mum) had, there were four left- and only one of the four was unreserved. A girl pup, whose chest had a small white diamond on it and her back left paw was tipped with the small colour. I picked her up. Cliche Cliche Cliche- she looked at me. And I melted. We had to have her. Before I knew what was happening, Ammi was negotiating the price and agreed to bring a deposit there and then. Meher, Ayehsa and I waited at the farm, looking at the other animals. We made conversation with some sheep, marvelled at the size of the bulls, but the most interesting were the llamas, especially this one:
(That hair is fierce)
Ammi came back with the deposit and we paid the man at the farm- who was happy to get rid of us squealing girls. We told him that we'd be back for the puppy on Monday- once we got the house ready for her. I slept that night on cloud nine, unsure of how to feel…
Friday 2nd May-
9am and I find myself going to introduce myself to my next employer- the Deputy Head Principal of a local school- Gardenrose Primary. I'll be starting a stop-motion project with the P6's next week. Exciting! Once I got back, the Nur house was in full swing as usual.
We spent the rest of the morning cleaning up the garage. I used to use it as a studio space before I moved to Dundee and we decided it would be the best place to put the puppy. Ammi and I worked with Mary (the lady who comes to help around the house) and made the place shine. It looks grand! Abbi, who had left in the morning to go into town to run some errands, came back and ran in and out of the garage. He was practically jumping around like a little school boy- apparently, he had made a detour in town to pick up some things for the puppy including a collar and leash, a water and food bowl and a card for "Puppy Training Classes" He was more excited than us all put together about the arrival of the puppy. He set about building an enclosure for said puppy. And once he finished it, he decided that we could bring the puppy home today. And so we did. We kept throwing names about the entire day, trying to decide what we should call our new puppy. After a few delightfully terrible suggestions, " Shaniqua, Onyx, Lola…" , I came up with "Poppet. Everyone but Meher liked the name. And, so it was decided. We went to get her- she was quite scared, poor thing- understandable for a 7 week puppy to be separated from her mummy dearest.
Meet, Poppet <3 I still can't believe she's ours.
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