Here I am again. For those of you who don’t know, before seeing an orthopedic surgeon about joint replacement in the public system, you are required to complete some arthritis education, an exercise programme for 6 weeks with optional sessions with a dietician.

It turns out sugar is inflammatory ie if you eat too much sugar you will be in pain.

I’m blaming Christmas cake for tonight’s pain.However exercise particularly swimming is good .Clearly if I’d done more swimming yesterday I might not be writing this blog in the small hours. I have an above ground pool on my back lawn.Its six and a half metres long.Its not pretty watching me climb in but the climb is worth it.

Sage is one of our two resident cats.Small, snarky and tabby.She had a difficult early life living in a flat with three dogs.Hence she believes the world is out to get her and will turn on you at the least provocation.Or sometimes just for the hell of it. She persists in lying on the concrete directly in front of the pool.

Short break while I let her in.

So when I put the ladder up for the pool( after removing the cover) she is not happy.

She has a poor relationship with Fish our other cat Fish a long haired black and white cat who was dumped in our front garden a few Christmases ago.She is super cute and knows it .Sage will give her a swipe just because.Tbey tend to avoid each other but occasionally the odd swipe turns into World War Three and both are evicted from the house into the garden.

Codeine is kicking in so time for sleep.