Wrong side of bed

The alarm went off at dark o'clock this morning to get us up for Ribble show. Unused to such an early disturbance, young Tim leapt up on the bed and instantly fell back fast asleep tightly snuggled in my arms, snoring like an angel - do angels snore?? Getting up (once 'snooze' had happened a couple of times) was then a struggle! In fact, I stumbled out of the wrong side of bed ... Perhaps this was a sign/omen/portent ...
Set off - cold and drizzly out, steamy in the car. Arrived, got out of the car into a big puddle, and splomped (cross between splooshing and stomping?) into the arena to walk our first course. Over an hour later the judge arrived, having got lost/delayed en route - not her fault, I'm sure, these things happen, but the upshot was we had 3 courses to walk one after the other, then to run at the same time - two dogs, small classes, all got a bit stressful TBH.
The reason I decided to enter this show actually was coz there was a helter-skelter class and I thought Tim would love it! Sadly a) the course was very, very tight in bits (in fact there were v few clears, which I don't think is what normally happens in HSs?) and b) it was in "that ring" the one near the overlooking spectator gallery where Maisie frrrrreaked at the same show last year! Tim, bless him, was similarly utterly horrified that people were hanging over looking down on him!!! We then dashed to the safer far end of the arena for the graded agility - again the course was tight and we struggled with bits, though he settled more and did do some good bits. Then on to the combined 1-3 agility - loved this course for him - though the space was still small, it was a much more baby-friendly course and he did very well indeed :)
Then the graded agility was closing so I had to dash and get Maisie (who had to have a hasty wee en route - what with waiting for the judge I'd not even had chance to take them out for a proper stretch.) The tight course was OK for her and she ran really well - just I rushed her dogwalk a little and as there was a jump v close after it, she just about popped her contact - good run though. And it was won by Sue & little Rosie anyway, so that was nice :) Didn't then have time to think about whether to run her in the comb 1-3 agility - v unusual for me to enter her actually - anyway it was there, the queue was short, so we did it. In that she ran a clear - the tannoy went off overhead(!) when she was in the middle of the weaves, so she stopped and looked up, but carried on for a tidy enough clear - just missed the places, they weren't generous. Then waited at least 4 hours for our only remaining run in the graded jumping. She set off surprisingly swiftly for a third run late in the day (hooray for the minced venison brunch!!) and did the hard bits - beautiful wrong end of a tunnel, then sent on round a loop and I front crossed before the weaves to be on the right side to try avoid her being spooked as Tim had been by the gallery - she never looked! lol! But that left me needing to do a rear cross at the next jump. Note to self: unless Maisie has decided to bog off in front and force me into an unplanned rear cross, then planned manouvres must not be made until she is actually in the air over the jump ... I cut across just as she gathered to take off but, being the clever little mouse she is, she heroically pulled off and came with me!! So then we came come.
The clear round rosettes were worth mentioning for their crapness!...
Oh but good results did happen: Sue & Rosie, Lou & Radlleeeeee, Steph & Lucy all won out of their grades, well done all of them!!! & Billy bummed bits of sandwich, pie, crisps, cheese and god knows what else, so he had fun :)
Home now - bathed, had shepherd's pie and a glass of wine - still feeling knackered, damp, cold and shoulda/coulda maybe stayed in the right side of bed this morning?.....
THERE!!! To the person who said I'm always positive - what a moaning git, eh!!!! ;o)
Oh and ... on the way home there was a young man wandering on the motorway - thankfully, the police had stopped to escort him safely across though. And then we got stopped at roadworks for ages, then at the level crossing for ages. And then the sun mockingly came out but as soon as I pulled the car up at home and opened the door, it joyfully pee'd it down again!!!! OK, enough already ;o)