my role

today is our christmas dinner...I decided to take the day off...and didn't even use my nose to smell...mum has been slaving away on turkey dinner all day and I basically...um...did the usual...I slept. Well, actually I went for a walk and exercise this morning with dad and as we were coming home he kept saying we had done a good walk and wasn't it nice to accomplish something so early in the day. I hummed my agreement and went back to bed...then mum and dad's friends took us for a Peking Duck feast...I feasted...then I came back home and went to bed...again. Mum had sweet potatoes, punkin pie, jello, turkey going all afternoon...I slept. I woke up briefly and asked for coffee...it magically appeared. Then the potatoes burnt...poor mum, she has no proper kitchen so she has been cooking a turkey dinner on two floor and running three flights of stairs all day...and I didn't even use my nose to help with the potatoes...our guests had an open bottle of wine in the kitchen...in order to make amends for my behaviour all day...I grabbed a glass, poured in a generous amount...and offered it to mum...she had just scraped out the potatoes of the pot and was not in a very happy mood...she accepted my apology...and from then on I followed her around with a glass and 'helped'...she cut the turkey, I held the glass to her mouth...here mum...sometimes when none of the capable sisters are around I have to think of creative ways to offer my help...cause I ain't no cook...anyway...poor mum, poor potatoes...I need to go now...work is calling...mum, mum, I'm coming:)