Dear diary

 Where do I start?  This session is not really about me…….no, I have to take ‘back seat’ at the moment, which does not really ‘gel’ with me cause my mommy is really on the go! She is such a busy bee…….doing her yearly “touch up” in the flat.  Luckily she realises that African Grey’s do not take lightly to the smell of paint, but bless her, she is keeping me at a distance.  Which of course I am not too happy about, that means, no attention! 

While she and her sister (yeah guys, they call it “girl power”), are busy in the lounge with that scraping and sanding of the walls, I am making my own noise in the main bedroom to draw their attention.  I picked up a new whistle……Jesus Christ Superstar….mmm, my mom says she believes in her “younger days” it was a play that was banned, but unfortunately my mom likes the ‘catchy tune’ even though she does not know the words and yours truly has picked up the whistle!

Well, as I said, today’s session is not about me more about the activities around me!  Could not help ‘eaves dropping’ when the old folks had a sort of ‘debate’ about them ‘touch ups’.  As you well know, men do not really like ‘touch ups’…..they like to get home to a neat place. Dad told mom he hopes this “project” of hers will not  “grow arms and legs”….mom of course pacified dad and says the “girls” will be finished in one week.

Let me elaborate a bit about my mom’s sister!  Can she work that sandblaster!  Oh my, I challenge any guy to compete with her and she is so fast…….mom will upload a nice photie of her doing the hard work! Well, wish me luck and we trust that “girl power” will speed up the process so that I can get back to normal!

Just to let you know, I am taking “birdie steps” in that state-of-the-art that the old folks got me!  At least I am getting “spoon fed” from the old lady……….one good way of keeping her attention!  I will eventually get their  one “bird step” at a time! 

Ciao, from a wet and brrrrrrrrr cold Durbs and unfortunately for me, I do not sleep inside my cage, which means, the old folks trust I am warm enough!  I am all good!