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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Sometimes, the kindest thing to do with sick animals is to shoot them...


And it seems to have worked a treat. She's perked right up since Thursday. Here's the proof:


Yes, she can open her mouth without vomiting. It's like some kind of medical miracle.

So in an effort to kill or cure, we did indeed take her to Monkey Bizness yesterday. And here's the receipt to prove it...

I'm in the process of e-mailing that document to some of the world's leading cryptographers in an effort to decipher those calculations. The entry fees at Monkey Bizness are £5 for a three-year-old and £1.25 for each adult, making a grand total of £7.50. At which point they gave us an unexplained discount of £2.50, added 75p VAT, and charged us a total of £4.50. I've read that receipt about a dozen times, and I still don't get it.

But I'm not complaining. Amelie had an afternoon of fun, and I got change out of a fiver. Although we spent another twenty on food, drink and ice cream. I've not been to Monkey Bizness before, but I was actually very impressed. It's housed in a big unit on an industrial estate in Lewes, which is not the most welcoming of venues, but once inside they've got loads of stuff to play on, and acres of space for the parents to relax with comfy sofas and free wi-fi.

On the downside, they've got a kind of rainforest/jungle theme going on, and the climate to match. Frankly it was cooler outside in the midday sun. We were reaching for menus within five minutes of arrival - not to order food, but to use as fans. Despite the heat though, we had a lovely couple of hours: me and Lisa chatting, relaxing and nibbling, and Amelie swinging...


... climbing...


... sliding...


... and hammering...


Although I lost her at one point in the ball pool...


It was remarkably quiet too. In fact by 2:30pm, we were the only ones there. Amelie had driven the others away.

We eventually left Monkey Bizness, and went on to my parents' house. They'd kindly offered to have Amelie at short notice to give Lisa a break, and allow her to boost her iron levels over the weekend. Hopefully by pressing my work shirts. It's also given me the chance to take stock of our finances, manage our investments, and work out how we can afford a new baby. So I've put the rent money on Jedward to win Eurovision tonight.

1 comments:

Lisa said...

Monkey Bizness are using the same system as the nursery for their calculations.