Me: Why are you sulking in your chair?
Nell: I’m not.
Me: You clearly are, and Harriet doesn’t look too happy, either.
Nell: You need to stop doing things without asking me first.
Me: What have I done now?
Nell: You go to the doctor’s fit and well and come back in pain.
Me: I had a couple of unexpected vaccinations, Nell.
Nell: How can something like that even happen?
Me: I had my blood test and then they noticed I needed my shingles and flu boosters.
Nell: And now you haven’t slept and feel unwell.
Me: I didn’t sleep well because of a sore arm. It’s all to be expected.
Nell: I thought you said it was unexpected.
Me: You know what I mean.
Nell: Do you realise we all had to sleep in your bedroom last night?
Me: Actually, Nell, I do.
Nell: David had to sit on you at one time to check you were still breathing.
Me: He woke me up.
Nell: You woke us up with your complaining.
Me: My arm hurt quite a lot and I couldn’t get comfortable and when I finally did Dave sat on me.
Nell: It was important for you to know he was there.
Me: I knew he was there. Don’t worry about that. Sharing a bed with Dave is like sharing it with a small pony.
Nell: And it wasn’t enough to receive unexpected vaccinations, was it?
Me: Wasn’t it?
Nell: You and Kev also came home with a new armchair.
Me: My old one was falling apart.
Nell: With high sides.
Me: It’s a double chair so there’s room for a dog to sit next to me.
Nell: You need to run these kind of things past me first.
Me: Yes, I should have done that. Sorry.
