Thanks for all your lovely replies.
They eat constantly. Now I fully understand why the phrase "greedy pig" originates. The munch munch munch is a new sound to me...I think it is cute...((((starts the "not a pet" mantra)))).
Another new sound is the grunt grunt. Think that is quite cute too... cue mantra.
I forgot about picking up the hay for their bed. Drove up to a friends and they sent me off on my merry way, (belly glooping after a fine cup of tea) with two bales of hay, a bag of fallen apples and a leg of homegrown lamb.
It was dark when I got home. Hubby is away in Germany on a business trip and I found myself rejecting my usual default of feeling a bit sorry for myself, the kids were still not in jim jams, homework not done, packed lunches not made and my internal dialogue, instead of being stuck on "Oh for goodness sake, will I ever get to sit down today?" was, "I really need to get the pig bed sorted".
I had to lug the hay from the back of the van (raining now and even darker), carry it up the steps to the field, chuck it over the dyke and then haul it through the field to chuck it back over the fence into their pen...breathe. I risked life and limb to avoid being shocked by the snout wire that I couldn't see and had to reach for, to unhook, to get in the gate (ok, I am TOTALLY exaggerating here

...but I was a wee bit scared) and then I heard them.
My little piggies.
Torch in mouth I dragged the bale into their ark, (bumping my head in the process and swearing a little bit) Cut the string and set it free...pouff! I set about making it nice and comfy for them by spreading it all out breaking up every lump. I caught myself. WTF was I doing? In the dark, inside a pig ark, with a bump on head, covered in hay chaff, slabbering over a torch. Then it dawned on me:
I am absolutely comitted to making sure they have the nicest life possible because in the end, we will take it away from them. I will cry when they go, but that is ok.
No going back.
Night all x
P.S the homework never got done
P.P.S sorry for the massive post. Has been a big (pig) day today.