One way to the UK?

Thursday work was as usual, and Ash was also arriving back from North England sometime in the afternoon! I went to the RSPCA East London Branch meeting, from 7:00pm and left at 9:00pm (LONG TIME) and the meeting was still going so I had to excuse myself! Anyway, the branch seems to be doing quite a lot however as it doesn’t have it’s own shelter that is a main issue of concern as there are so many homeless animals without a place to be taken. One of the discussions at the meeting was colaborating with the Borough Council to use their kennels and cattery which will be a good help! I told them of the relationship between the Alice Council and RSPCA and how it works well. Apparently the Branch has a lot of money, lots left in one bequest but no one really wants to spend it on a shelter… search me why not! They want to use it for more useful things I think… I had little disagreements in my head as to some of their things suggested/done, and one I did mention was on the fact that pitbulls are banned over here, considered a very dangerous dog and recently a guy got a huge fine and 3 months jail I think for breeding a litter! I was like hmm it’s in the genetics of individual dogs and how they’re brought up, there is no such thing as a vicious breed that can be tagged to every dog of that breed… heck you can make any dog vicious! The only thing I’ve ever been bitten by is a chihuahua! Ohh well, it’s an English Law – what will be next? Apparently dog fighting is big in the (dodgy) East End where I live so that’s one thing they’re trying to crack down on, as well as trapping feral cats and promoting neutering/spaying of dogs. Nearly every dog I’ve seen on my side of town is Male too – and we think it has something to do with the high % of mostly muslim owners, who get rid of pets when they’re older etc. Need to target the mosques is what everyone at the meeting said… good luck (I wonder what they do in Sydney…).

Anyway the meeting was interesting and I’m going to be doing a microchipping course thing, as well as one on home visits in the near future!

Tuesday was normal work, but Mara scored free tickets to see The Complete Abbreviated works of William Shakespeare – 37 plays in 39 minutes (probably got title wrong!). Cath who I work with has wanted to see it for ages, so I asked Mara to get two extra tickets and it all happened, so after work Cath and I went into Leicester Square and met up with Mara and Rob (Cath’s mate and also one of the improv performers) and we set off to get our tickets… first girl at theatre was crap and wanted printed evidence we had been given gratis tickets, so off to find net cafe, print the emails, and then back to theatre where second girl was really nice and had our bloody names down for tickets anyway! We grabbed a quick dinner at an American Diner (haha) and then went to see the show. On entering the Theatre, the usher was like oh no, yours are the double booked seats! Bloody front staff girls! Anyway he asked us to wait, and thanks to Rob’s asking we all got a free drink! The usher then seated us, in the very back row on the bench seats but lucky the Theatre was designed well and we could see everything! The show was hilarious, and everyone was constantly laughing, and joining in etc so that was a fun night out despite the hassles to begin with!

Wednesday was MARA’s 22ND BIRTHDAY! So we went into Leicester Square again and Sarah met us there and had some news of her own – her and Mike are engaged! That was great news to hear! We ended up celebrating Mara’s birthday at a Mexican place called something like Chiquitos and it was so great! With really good food and nice atmosphere, and a happy hour that finished at 8pm, and us getting there at half seven and having to wait 40 minutes for a table, took advantage of the happy hour with 2 glasses of cocktail each, and one big jug to share! I think we left there at about 10:30 or so, after a great night with some really nice fajitas and cocktails and two huge desserts shared between us, and a nice waited too!

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