Happy Belated Birthday Queen Lizzy! :)

Well, it was queens birthday holiday yesterday and I had RB here in the afo. we'd ordered pizza for dinner which was actually the best I'd had from Pizza Hut.
Sunday I didn't do a lot; just relaxed around here and stayed warm, entertained and full of food (as I recall I would be doing on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/rdfreak.</a> Saturday morning I went to singing; Nan was over and dropped me at the station. Then I came home and ended up going to Peter s' with RB for the afternoon/evening. RB copied a lot of old music that he didn't have and I was introduced to some more as I'd left my good old WD (Western Digital) at work, but copied everything from RB on here yesterday. There's also some hilarious parities/novelty songs and comedy skits in the mix too which are awesome! :) We ended up having dinner at Gormae Girl which was OK but not the best. dinner consisted of a Tapered menu and the stuffed mushrooms I had were nice! Friday morning Heartly and I had the re-assessment. We first sat down and went through the paperwork including the specifics of my travel and my preferences for my next dog. -- I did request the same height as Heartly, as I'm use to that. he did ask if there was a match slightly bigger, would I be willing to try walking him/her before hand, and course I said yes for sure. -- I said I'd prefer another female, but if they found a male who was a good match, that would be OK; afterall, I said, I shouldn't be sexist! Lol :) We then went for a walk to the station and had a coffee/hot chocolate at Pumpkins. AA acknowleged to me that he could definitely tell Heartly was suffering from the old-age energy-lack I guess you'd say. Although Heartly is still more than willing to pplease which is always evident when I get her leash and harness, she stops and sniffs a lot, and generally can't keep up with the pace i always need. AA does acknowlege though that she still is perfect with her traffic work, so I'm definitely not in any immediate danger, but he will be keen to put me into class ASAP just so Heartly can have a long and smooth retirement, and of course so I don't have to have a gap between dogs. I have to send in my updated medical forms though before they can officially put me on the list again. And he told me that because I'm coming back for another, I'll be priority (which is always how it has been. course it use to annoy me when waiting for my first dog, but I would never regret having to wait for Heartly now.) As I said, it will still be undoubtedly the saddest day of my life when I do retire Heartly. I of course will probably be at my parents a lot to see her, but it won't be the same. If I could keep her here with me at least, i so so so would, but it wouldn't be nice for her in this unit. AA spoke to me about this, but I still wonder how I won't compare the two dogs. And, though I don't want the gap between dogs, it's going to be hard to bond with the other so soon after Heartly. Everyone finds it extremely difficult and I can't see it being any easier for me. The love I have for Heartly, for her work and her companionship couldn't ever be replaced. Anyway, that's pretty much all; now that I have worked back. Just updated to McTwit 1.9, and unlike last time I tried it, the bug has been fixed, and it's working great guns! Til Next Time, RdFreak