Hi, Pippin here. I was wondering if it was still January because the days are mostly dull or dark, and seem to go on like that forever. But apparently we’re only halfway through and there’s two more or less full weeks to go. Sigh.

We didn’t do much this week. Meds, cuddles, cucumber, run around with the boys. Then breakfast, snooze. Lunch and snooze and watch Mummy doing things…then cucumber, then later it’s biscuit time, and later again it’s hay time and lights out.

Talking of lights, one of the lights on the wall above our cages went out before Christmas. Mummy worked out she needed somebody taller to fix it, because they had to reach over our cages and up the wall a bit further. Well, on Saturday one of the neighbours came to do it for her. We weren’t expecting him, so we were taken by surprise, and there was general panic to take cover. We have lots of cover, but we did panic. I didn’t panic as much as Ronnie and Reggie, but then, Mummy was leaning over my cage showing the man what she meant, and then he did something to the light, and Mummy took something from him and gave him one back, and then it was all done. And Mummy switched on the lights and they worked fine. They’re a slightly different colour from the old ones, so the man changed the one above me so they match. I just stayed under the fiddlesticks. After he’d gone, Mummy came and told us we were very good, and well done. With any luck, it won’t happen again. Not for at least five years, Mummy said. Well, R&R might still be around then but I don’t think I will.

Mummy is watching my weight. I seem to be losing steadily. She knows it often happens that older pigs lose about 100 grams and then settle at their new weight, but she keeps checking whether my teeth are okay and whether I’m eating my food. I am, all of it, although not all of my pellets. She said she’d get me some special food for indoor pigs, and see if I like that.

I’ll let you know what I think when it arrives. It sounds like it’s made of nice things. Oh, and we got Readigrass last night. The trouble is, it’s in my food bowl. R&R seem perfectly happy with that. I’d prefer a separate bowl, please, mummy.

That’s it for this week. Have a nice week, and I hope it not too dull and rainy where you are,

love

Pippin xxx

PS Thank you for your birthday wishes, they were lovely ❤️