Random Pig Strangeness

 Well, it a been a week of ups and downs. A week that has been far too busy for my liking, disagreeable due to the fact that it has been work busy. A week where I was run off my feet with frantic movie watching and ice-cream eating would actually be quite pleasant I feel.

However, it was becoming a boring yet busy week. Life has started falling into a bit of a routine. I have been getting worried that life was fast becoming a repetitive cycle of dreading workdays and really only enjoying my life on the weekends. The idea of constantly being bored, tired and depressed five days of the week for the rest of my working life is pretty scary. That would lead to a mid-life crisis.

It has been reassuring to know that just when life seemed to be getting tediously repetitive, weirdness stepped in with...

RANDOM PIG STRANGENESS!!!

Last night, whilst Matt and I were making a snack, we heard a particularly strange grunting noise. We went outside only to discover a big black pig wandering around our garage oinking and snorting. It was very friendly and cute. It liked to be scratched on the belly, which incidently was quite round and large. Our neighbours came over and tied a rope around its neck to lead it back to the house it lived at. Unfortunately the large pig showed little inclination to leave. It sat on the side of our driveway with an expression of stauch defiance which hitherto I had only seen upon the faces of my Year 9 students when they were given homework to do over the long weekend.

Pig liked the side of the driveway. Pig was not going to be persuaded to move with just a thin rope about its neck.

Pigs can be very affectionate and cuddly when being fussed.

Pigs can be very stubborn and noisy when people think they can drag them around like a dog on a leash.

However, this little piggy had a weakness. A distinct fondness for braeburn apples. Piggy gobbled up the proffered apple and was easily lured off our driveway with another piece of apple.

So the tale end happily with both my and the pig's life enriched by the crossing of our paths. I think we both learned a little something from the experience.

I learned that life can still sometimes be just as surprising when you're an adult with jobs and responsibilities as it was when you were a kid.

I also learned that pigs are cute and like braeburn apples.

I think the pig learned where to go and what to do next time he wants an apple.