A Mother's obsession and a great Canadian film

Of course I have been worrying about Maddie throughout the day, but after being sedated for her xray the old girl seems to have rallied somewhat!
The xray showed that she is constipated to the hilt, but nothing else sinister could be seen, so the vet gave me a large bottle of lactulose. a 5 ml syringe and a hope that bowels would be moved very soon!
So medicine has been administered, and stool watch has started! Thank you everyone for asking just how the grumpy old Scottie has been doing. At the moment, she is curled up next to me on the couch, and still looks rather sorry for herself

Anyhow, I have just realised that I have effectively been turned into my mother!
Towards the end of her life my mother owned a somewhat bemused West Highland Terrier called Hamish. He put up with her irratic behaviour, chain smoking and temper tantrums and sometimes was led a bit of dog's life.
She never walked him...she never could be bothered...she just had one of those extra long extending lead things which she attached him to from the comfort of her front door. She would then reel him out down the drive and along the road so he could perform on the grass verges before pulling him back to the house as though she was landing a salmon!
Given the fact that she never physically walked him, my mother was strangely obsessed with the state of Hamish's bowels and would discuss them with all comers constantly, unfortunately it was always in the greatest of detail....not good in a nice social situation......today I have found myself worrying about Maddie's stools with a similar intensity.....no results as yet to report...but I am living in the hope of a steaming dollop very soon!!!!

Tonight I went to Theatre Clwyd to see a very intriguing and interesting Canadian film by Egon Egoyan. Adoration, is a complicated, multi layered study of a teenager's grief for his parents and his need to understand where he came from, yet themes of racism, fear of terrorism, and family demons complicate this affecting and thoughtful drama.
The film's premise is innovative.
A boy (Devon Bostick) with a troubled past is "encouraged " by his French teacher to secretly make up a story that his father was a terrorist that tried to blow up his wife and 400 passengers on board a transatlantic airliner. As the school and Internet get hold of his story, the whole fantasy suddenly becomes terribly real to all involved and specially complicates the lives of the teacher (Arsinée Khanjian) and the boy's guardian and uncle ( a nice performance by Scott Speedman), who had been drifting aimlessly along in his life

This is a clever movie,but it is not an easy ride as you need to concentrate on every theme and clue to actually work out what is going on ( the last scene finally gives you a clue after an hour and a half)

I gave it an 8.5 out of 10........It was great to see a cracking Canadian Movie for a change...

ps when I got home no bowel results to report!!!!

hey ho