Daddy's Home

The dog completely didn't act like a dog welcoming her Daddy home. She's so cat that it's unbelievable. We went for a walk and waited at the lift lobby for the man to get home from the airport in a cab. The dog went up to sniff at him, and trotted home together. Back at home, she brought him a toy, but didn't jump, spin or bark. She just did a lot of sniffing. Absolutely dignified.

A negative on-arrival PCR result absolved the man of any need to self-isolate at home. He isn't required to book any more tests with the clinic thereafter either. There was that pre-flight PCR test taken in London almost 50 hours ago that declared him 'fit to fly', so that covers the bases. It's a short trip, so the man felt like it was all about doing tests from the moment he landed at Heathrow Airport. Hahaha. Ah well, at least Singapore removed the pre-departure PCR test for London, and London removed that for their on-arrival procedures a day before he flew out, and replaced that requirement with a rapid lateral flow test instead. He also had his Pfizer booster shot the week before he flew out. So this was great timing. 

We decided not to dine in indoors at restaurants or go to malls for the next three days, but we could most certainly go out for walks, and go to quieter restaurants with a large al fresco area. So that was exactly what we did. Beer + gin, and dinner at Little Island Brewing Co. That made two days in a row that the dog went to Changi Beach at sunset. Oof. Once with me and the girlfriend, and the second time when Daddy returned. The man just came from Changi Airport in the morning, and he didn't mind driving out to Changi again that evening. Heh. Those two days rained out, with the rains clearing up only at about 4pm. It was great timing. The rains didn't take away the humidity, but at least it made the day cool. We went to Changi Beach at 5pm on both days. It was breezy.  

Choya is definitely happy to have Daddy home. Her sleep patterns and appetite remain the same. She wasn't morose or sad that Daddy's away. She just wondered where he went, but since I'm still around and took her out, she was comforted; her routines stay predictable. While there wasn't any dramatic zoomies or anything boisterous to welcome Daddy home, she followed him around for the whole day and the next, just to be sure that he wasn't disappearing again for longer than a day. Hehehehe. She was definitely a little perkier now that Daddy's home.