Our parents are going to live in Thailand for a year (or more) and so we are going to live with Gogi and Papi until they come back. Gogi and Papi are our mom's parents, so they're sort of like our grandparents. We know them but we've never been to their house before. We've heard it's a very long way to drive - like 1000 km (I don't know what that means), so our mom is flying with us to our new home. We just overheard mom and dad talking about all this but we didn't realise it would really happen this way. At the moment we are on the flight. We are in a cramped box in the hold of the airplane while our mom chills in a comfy seat in the cabin!
Here we are all packed and ready for our adventure but we didn't have any idea of what was about to happen. That's us in the photo. Rocco is on the right and that's me on the left. Pretty handsome pair, aren't we?
Who knows what an air flight is until you've been on one? It's all very confusing. We had to be at the airport at 5:45 am. We went to a place labelled "cargo" and in just a few minutes we were separated from Mom and Dad. We were both very scared but I was trying to be the mature one. I told Rocco Mom wouldn't let anyone do anything to harm us. Well, I'm not too sure what is happening but right now my nerves are harmed. I'm feeling drowsy so maybe if I take a nap I'll wake up and discover it's all a nasty dream.
Whew, the trip was finally over and Mom and Gogi came to fetch us at an office. We were let out of our boxes and had some loves and cuddles. I don't think I'd like to do that airplane thing again. It's noisy and scary. We both decided we will be very good from now on so we don't have to do that again.
And so to meet our cousins, Lady and Duke. Papi met us on a corner near the golf course. He had walked the cousins to meet up with us and then we walked home with mom to his house. No one felt awkward or threatened because we all arrived home at the same time. It was lovely to get some exercise and stretch our legs after being in a cramped box for four hours. Here we are with the cousins, meeting for the first time. We're quite a busy bunch and we kept getting our leads tangled, but we finally arrived at the house and we were able to have a long, cool drink of water.
The rest of the day has been very busy learning about life in Papi and Gogi's home and how to tolerate that insufferable Lady. Duke is very sweet and just gets on with his life but Lady is a pest, constantly trying to prove she's top dog. She did eventually get the message that she couldn't push me around all day and then we almost became friends, We even had a couple of games but it will take time before I completely trust her. She's so spoiled and thinks because she's pretty that she's better than all of us. Poor Rocco felt very inferior but he did tell her off a couple of times. I think there's hope for us but I'm looking forward to going home again - just not in that horrible airplane.
This is the sweet little Duke. Whenever the crowd gets too much for him he disappears into the study and hides under a pillow.
Here are all four of us with Mom. Duke has got top spot on Mom's lap just because he's cute and shy. I don't mind as long as I don't have to sit next to Lady. Rocco gave her a wide berth and made himself comfortable on a cushion on the floor. Apart from sitting around with Mom we had some great games out in the garden. It turned out to be a good day after all. But I wonder when we're going home. Who is looking after our dad?
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