The New Alarm Clock....

I had grand plans for my week long blog break

Summer is finally here and school is done for the year

so I had envisaged sleep ins and abandoning any pretence of organisation

I had plans to alternate swims with studio time

and all round have a relaxing week

but it would appear this stupid squeaky duck toy had other ideas

This duck

aided by his partner in crime known to many of you as 

Mushu the wonder mutt

decided that there was indeed something amiss with a world

that had me still in bed at 5.30 am

so Mushu took to flinging this insanely squeaky toy up on to the bed

at ungodly hours as a way to remind me that there are no sleep ins allowed

putting my desire to throttle him aside for a moment

I must say that I admire his ability to fling the toy that far

I mean we have one of those really high beds

and he is a little mutt

so it takes quite the effort to get it up onto the bed

not to mention his uncanny ability to get it to hit me in the face

So back to the wake up call

did I mention he hit me in the face with this thing

it didn't land just near my head

or in the general vicinity of my body

oh no he managed to get it on my face every single morning

and he then followed this mighty, freakily accurate throw by jumping up onto the bed

prancing all over me

and proceeding to squeak the bejeesus out of it 

until I gave in and got out of bed

the joy

I was just so thrilled to spend every morning of the first week of the summer break

being hit in the face with a squeaky, manky toy

that always had that disgusting sheen of dog saliva

it almost made me miss the school routine

or maybe the Kookaburra alarm clock from a few weeks ago

okay maybe both those things are taking it a bit far

but it is not my favourite way to start the day

So instead of this relaxing yet productive time

I spent half the week being grumpy from the early wake up

half the time maniacally scrubbing my face to remove all possible traces

of dog saliva

and the other half chasing my tail trying to catch up all the things I had thought I would do

and yes I know it is three halves

but I woke up being hit in the head with a saliva coated squeaky toy

so just back off okay!!!!!!!!

I have decided dog and duck win and have given up all thoughts of sleeping in

and so I am expecting a wonderfully productive week ahead

I can't be grumpy if I didn't think I would get a sleep in anyway right????

Linking up with Sunday Sketches...xx

before this new alarm clock started I had been on a blogging break

but here are the two previous posts in case you missed them...

Summer Studio Time ...

The Last Lunch Box ...