Monday, 25 November 2024

The After Party

Tom woke me up at 6 a.m. yesterday morning by fighting with another black and white cat in the front garden; they were both yowling! I went outside and found the other cat standing over Tom who was lying on the ground. As I approached, the other cat retreated down the path. I was worried that Tom might be injured so I carried him inside but he seems to be perfectly ok. James says that lying down probably meant that he was being submissive to the other cat after losing the fight. I wish that Tom would stop this fighting because clearly he’s not very good at it!
Alison and Hugh arrived late morning and we all set off to Tommy’s 70th birthday party at Cathkin Golf Club. I think that it’s the first time I have been inside the club house and I was impressed; it’s very smart. We had a very pleasant afternoon; the meal was delicious and as well as chatting with Alison and Hugh there were some running club friends of Tommy and Carol also seated at our table, who were very friendly. Later we were invited back to Tommy and Carol’s for drinks. We called in at our house briefly first; Ally had just arrived home from a hill-walking day with Davie, and when we told him that we were going back out he said “Oh you’ve been invited to the after party!” which we thought was very funny, we are in with the in crowd! I had made a lasagne for supper but none of us were hungry after eating all afternoon, so Ally benefited from a hearty meal after his hill-walking. Along at Tommy and Carol’s we had a great evening and chatted with them and their friends and family, including the lovely John and Linda. They live near Edinburgh so they were staying overnight with the Keenans; Linda mentioned that she looked out of the window at about 7 a.m. in the morning and saw a black and white cat in the garden. Was it Tom’s black and white frenemy I wonder? 

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