{"id":382,"date":"2016-11-27T12:26:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T12:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=382"},"modified":"2016-11-27T12:32:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T12:32:57","slug":"make-plans-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2016\/11\/27\/make-plans-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Plans Please"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are going away for the festive season \u2013 to Flatwater Stills \u2013 so its yukky old malaria pills time again. Mum insists we take them \u2013 and we do \u2013 because malaria<\/a> is very nasty and we don\u2019t want to get it. Luckily there are only a few places in South Africa where those particular mozzies hang out. Sadly, our relatives stay in one of those places.<\/p>\n

I wanted to take our dog Zona<\/a> with us on holiday but mum said no. She was not having that hairy mutt slobbering and panting in her car for hours and hours.<\/p>\n

Dad was more realistic and pointed out that our family has plenty of dogs of their own, there are not many fences and so it would not be safe to take Zona with us.<\/p>\n

Mum said that we could get old Mr Whatsit next door to come and feed Zona whilst we were away.<\/p>\n

There was a bit of an argument – Dad said that it was a bit risky to ask an elderly neighbour to look after our dog for five whole days. What happened if he forgot or if he got sick or something.<\/p>\n

He said he would rather book Zona into the kennels for those days and then we would know for sure that she was being looked after. Plus she would not be lonely either because there are people around and there are other dogs to bark at.<\/p>\n

That started me thinking\u2026 Mum usually invites Mr Whatsit to our house for Christmas dinner because he lives on his own and his family \u2013 if he has any \u2013 is not around.<\/p>\n

I looked at Mum. Shame, poor Mr Whatsit! He\u2019ll be really lonely too.<\/p>\n

Mum agreed and said she\u2019d talk to some of the other aunties in the street and see who would love to have him join their family for Christmas lunch or dinner this year. She\u2019d organise it before we left to go on holiday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so sad when people get old and nobody looks after them or comes to visit. Must be very lonely just sitting by yourself all day with only the television for company.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I have to do errands for him. He\u2019s a bit grumpy but mum says I should not let that put me off \u2013 he\u2019s actually quite a sweetie at heart.<\/p>\n

Remember to make a plan with your animals if you are going away please!<\/p>\n

Sibo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are going away for the festive season \u2013 to Flatwater Stills \u2013 so its yukky old malaria pills time again. Mum insists we take them \u2013 and we do \u2013 because malaria is very nasty and we don\u2019t want to get it. Luckily there are only a few places in South Africa where those … Continue reading “Make Plans Please”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,16],"tags":[39,32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":385,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions\/385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}