21/3/24

 It feels unfair to be a Gnome around here sometimes. How are we supposed to attend to our Gnome duties when our Mistress never goes out? She seems too busy these days. The device I write on often runs out of charge as our routine has been disrupted. Today marks the third day our Mistress has been sorting through her belongings in her bedroom. Some items are being donated to charity, while others are being set aside for friends. I heard her say she now has stuff for the 6th carload. 

Sounds to me that we better watch it, or we could get the heave-ho too. She is being rather ruthless I feel and one day she could be sorry. She had the cheek to say that there will be so much less for her kids to sort when she departs this world.......OMG what a thing for her to say. She announces that a couple of years ago her son was keen for her to reduce her belongings, so they didn't have to deal with it down the track. I hope she reports that this is being done with mighty gusto. 

The daughter is very concerned about the Gnomes outside. The Mistress suggests that eventually, the Granddaughter will get them but not until she has left this world. 

It appears when they finish traveling the country she has plans for them. She says they can't travel forever and will stay put somewhere sometime. There is a lot of emphasis on departing this world at the moment. Now this concerns me no end. The Mistress is trying to reassure me that she has heaps of time and this is why they want to travel, while they still can. 

She wants to take us on some adventures, that she knows we will enjoy and, like our previous trip to the North Island in 2022-23. We didn't have His Lordship then either. So, this next very large holiday will be with him too and will be a permanent arrangement. They didn't ask my permission either. He wants to catch fish and teach The Mistress too. She is not at all interested in gutting them either, I hear. I had to ask what that meant, as I hadn't seen this done before. Oooohh yuk and now I know this I too am not interested. 

This permission business to have him come with us is a real cheek I feel. The Mistress says if I contributed to the finances then they would get permission, but as I don't then I have no say in the matter. Well, that is me told. Huh.....