Sometimes words almost fail me

Ash likes taking Max the dog for a walk but for a few weeks those walks became more and more frequent until the poor thing was going out four times before lunch and twice in an afternoon.  Not long walks but, as he's now 11, they were long enough and frequent enough to wear him out and, as he is the sole focus of Ash's interest nowadays, I need to prolong his lovely life for as long as possible.  I left the situation as long as I could and watched carefully but in the end I had to step in and talk to Ash about cutting down the walks just because of Max's age.  Surprisingly he grasped the importance of what I was saying instantly but then got very confused and fearful about when he could and couldn't take him out so I bought yet another chalk board which arrived this afternoon.  We unpacked it and admired it before I set to and drew a grid on it putting Monday to Sunday down the side and three columns across the top saying am. am & pm.  We needed 3 columns because Max goes out for a very short walk around the church first thing in the morning then a longer one mid morning followed by another longer one in an afternoon.  I showed the board to Ash and he suggested I changed the first 'am' column to 'ch' so that he would know that just meant round the church.  Did that and showed it to him again and there then followed this exchange:

Ash: What does 'ch' mean?
Me: Church, so you know to just go round the church
Ash: but that's first thing in the morning so why didn't you just put 'am' like the  other one?  Now you've confused me!

I know enough now not to argue or to point out that I was only doing as he suggested so, feeling very proud of myself for managing it, I just walked away.  Are you proud of me too?

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