@Stephie one mocha please

2 pumps of chocolate

@ElendilTheTall You know where to pick it up ;-)

the Ritter Sport factory car park

Yay!

How's tricks?

Busy.

A certain canine is challenging, but work is worse.

And on your side of the Channel?

Ticking along, ticking along

Anarion finally had the weird bony lump taken out of his shoulder last week so that's done

Now we just need our COVID vaccines and we can get on with independence!

Wow, that took a while?

yes indeed

I made it on the waiting list for the vaccination, so fingers crossed.

it took them a long time to diagnose it; he is only the third case the doctor could find in a child so young

he was due to have it out in February when he got an ear infection that turned out to be MRSA

so they had to wait for that to clear

No way!

How’s he now?

Fine and dandy

Great!

they had to cut through his collar bone so he has a sling for 3 weeks

but he's fine in himself

That’s very good news!

no guarantee it won't come back unfortunately, but at least we know what it is and can keep an eye on it

meh

at least you are warned

need coffee

My boss is taaaaaaaaalking.

i have recently found some excellent chai

it's like a liquid hot-cross bun

if that means anything to a German :)

I have been amusing myself with destroying spam accounts.

@ElendilTheTall travelled enough ;-)

speaking of Germany

Is it a larger brand, or something special?

this is my current jam

brewteacompany.co.uk/products/chai-tea-loose-leaf-tea

I am sooo tempted to click on “play”

my usual tea purveyors

@Stephie do eet

Nice!

Gaaaah. *&z#@ canine!

Jumped up, barking like a hell hound.

we are working on that topic

mine is zonked by the radiator

that's the good thing about wee dogs, 20 minutes of walking and they're sparked out for the rest of the day :D

If only...

“Can’t” sleep, too busy with... nothing, actually.

And behaving like an overtired toddler.

get him a treadmill

But he loves to work.

I am so looking forward to when he finally stops to get so nervous outside.

Then we can again do long walks.

he's agoraphobic?

He thinks we’re going to war.

sort of

Other dogs, pedestrians, bikers... can all make him “explode”.

@ElendilTheTall I think a better term is "Overstimulated"

He thinks he needs to “defend” us. Which is obviously complete nonsense.

Granted a some human agoraphobics probably are

ah I see

on guard mode all the time

ooo, 25 days to my next tattoo

i will be approximately 10% more badass this time next month

GSD problem: “Fight” is the default choice in fight-or-flight situations.

@ElendilTheTall last one I remember was the mountains?

would neutering him help or is that not something you want to do?

@Stephie yeah that's my only one so far

I am getting a wren and rowan branches next

@ElendilTheTall Not sure. We’re not against it per se, but need more research. From what I saw, that’s not necessarily helpful in our situation.

@Stephie maybe some doggy CBD :D

LOL

@ElendilTheTall we got both in the garden

We have a very noisy Wren, and rowans a-plenty in the area

he likes to sit on the telephone line over the lawn and sing to all four corners

The smallest are the loudest ;-)

going for this style

That’s the artist that did your first tattoo?

no, just a style reference from Pinterest

instagram.com/p/CLBt1pVFS2y

here's one of hers

that style is a little delicate and feminine though, I want those bolder lines and solid colours

Gaaaahhh.

Guess what happens if minor 1 leaves the kitchen door open and yours truly is stuck in a meeting.

Dog attack?

”Quality checking”

Dishwasher was open and half loaded.

@Stephie I know I'm late, but congrats on your new role on Coffee Stack Exchange!

@riskymysteries Thanks!

:)

Wassup