Went out in the car yesterday. Not sure why, went with T which I like as her car is smaller and I can put my head on her shoulder while she’s driving. This you might think is an endearing act, no, it is a necessity as T is not the best of drivers and her parking is dreadful but she is brilliant at 3 point turns which we do quite often when T goes the wrong way. It’s T’s sense of direction that’s the problem and I have to keep an eye on where we’re going – this is not always easy as T rarely tells me where we are meant to be going so I just have to hope. In her favour I will say that she doesn’t throw me around in the back going round corners too fast, unlike P. T has to keep hold of me when P is driving so I don’t fall off the seat.
Yesterday was odd though as P drove off in his car and then me and T followed in her car. Not much had been said to me and I didn’t pay attention as I was too busy putting my car harness on. We didn’t follow P for long as he sped away and T can’t keep up in her car. I was watching T carefully and looking at the signs, nothing I recognised, not been this way before. So just had to hope that T knew where she was going, presumably P thought she did as he let her set off on her own, either that or he wasn’t expecting her to follow him. Generally, they go out together and he drives so I presume he doesn’t trust her to get them wherever they are going. We had been driving about 20 minutes and suddenly there was P, he was in front of us in a queue of cars. Had he tried to lose us? I can understand he might want to get away from T but not from me surely. But you don’t get away from T that easily and she stayed behind him after that no matter how hard he tried to get away, she just kept catching him up.
Whether P decided he wasn’t going to shake T off or simply give up I don’t know but we all stopped at a large building with lots of cars and P went in. T was obviously not going to let him get away as she waited outside right by the door so when P came out a few minutes later he just meekly got in the car, didn’t have much choice. We then drove home. P didn't seem concerned about the loss of his car but nevertheless I consoled him with a reassuring lick and put my head on his shoulder. T seemed quite friendly towards him so I don’t think he was in trouble so maybe this was not a failed bid for freedom. Later that day we set off again, this time P came with me and T, didn’t have much choice as he hadn’t got his car. He seemed fairly relaxed, didn’t hold on to the car door too much or shout “What are you doing?” as he often does when T is driving.
We went back to the same place we’d been that morning but this time T didn’t wait for P just stopped to let him out and then drove home. She was singing on the way back so she was obviously happy. I wasn’t, you can’t get away from her in the car and I was concerned for P, why had we left him? But about 5 minutes after we got home P arrived in his car. He seemed happy as well, but not singing thankfully (he likes folk music).
What was all that about? Were they playing a game? They both kept on saying something about a service, didn't understand that any more than I understand them, are all humans like this? But it kept them occupied and I was with them so can't complain and the best bit is we didn't end up at the vets!
