It's sods law there is me getting ready to settle in for the
winter when the weather changes and its gets warm again. Can you believe this India summer? Oh well, at least it got the flat cleaned and
the sunshine has given me the opportunity to get some other jobs done.
I forgot to say in my last posting that we got a new second hand
electric reclining chair from the Gumtree website. The fake leather on our old chair had been
peeling off; it was so bad that I had to hoover at least once a day. We’ve never experienced this with a fake
leather chair/sofa before and I am not really sure why it’s happened. But it was driving me nuts plus it was so
unsightly to look at it had to go.
We
picked up the new chair from a house in Bolbeck Park, first we had to dismantle
the old chair and take it down the steps.
This was easy because it wasn’t that heavy but getting the new chair up
the stairwell was not easy. It was so
heavy, I am strong don’t get me wrong, but I think Phil forgets that I am
eleven stone lighter than him. Plus he
was makes me go up the stairs backwards when I’d much rather take the weight
and go front ways. I am rambling;
eventually we got it up and in situ in the end.
It looks very nice, a real bargain for £150.00.
I’ve not really been up to anything exciting. I got my application done for the job at
Cranfield University, it took me bloody hours.
I have also applied for a job stocking shelves at John Lewis and have an
interview next week. I have updated my
CV and yesterday put in an application for a job as a receptionist at Downs
Barn middle school. This job appealed
because it was term time but I am not sure this is the perfect job for me as I
hate kids.
On Friday I went to see mum in Melton. We were halfway through the morning when mum
asked me to move the fridge back in the garage.
She’d moved it as she decided to start painting the garage floor. She’d managed to paint about a third of the
floor but bless her because she couldn’t move anything on her own, she’d just
painted around everything. I decided to
move everything, hoover and finish painting the floor because I knew that mum
would only try and do it when I wasn’t there.
For some reason on Saturday morning I was in the wide awake
world before 4 am so I got up so as not to disturb Phil. I had promised to help Sue paint her new
decking at the caravan so I was round her house by quarter past seven. She was
up and dressed but wasn’t quite ready to go; we got to the caravan for half
eight.
Our first job was a cup of tea, then at 9 o clock we hovered
the new decking. I have to say I was
very impressed with the new decking and slabs, it looks very nice. Both Sue and I painted without stopping, we
managed to get 2 and a half coats on and only stopped when the paint ran
out. Ian arrived at the new caravan
around half two, we cleaned up and I left the site at 3pm. I stopped off at Harriet’s to pick up my
little ladder and dust sheet and then went home. I have to say after being up so early I was
absolutely shattered.
Sunday was a really boring day. I went to the gym in the morning, shopped and
lunched at Asda and got home early afternoon.
Phil watched the grand prix but it was such a lovely day I just couldn’t
sit and watch TV. I changed our bed,
weeded the garden and then decided to clean the land rover. Big mistake; this
car has been sat on our shingle for almost 18 months and it was
disgusting. It took me almost 3
hours. We don’t have an outside hose so
I had to climb the stairs to get every bucket of water. The bonnet was covered in bird shit and I had
to get a toothbrush to get the grime out of the window seals. I get all the best jobs. Phil needs to pump up the front tyre and get
the battery charged and then we can get the Land Rover posted on eBay.
Phil has been very focused on his new course, he got home on
Thursday night after work, studied pretty much for 3 days and didn’t leave the
flat until he went back to work on Monday morning. He doesn’t have any time for me in his life
anymore which is why, aside from monetary reasons, I must find me a new working
life.
It was domestics for me on Monday morning and then I went
Jan at the OU and we went for lunch at the Hub café. The holiday that Jan has just come back from
sounded amazing but I completely forgot to ask to look at her photo’s. It was good to catch up but the lunch hour
flew by. In the afternoon I went to the
gym and then it was back to the flat to make corn beef hash.
On Tuesday I went back to Two Mile Ash to carry on with
cleaning/painting the communal area. The
resident that was abusive to me the week before arrived staggering and swigging
a bottle of vodka but he was pleasant to me this time. I sanded the two windows, not the best job
because I didn’t have any electric. One
of the windows is rotten and really needs replacing.
I did the best bodge job that I could. My next job was to scrub the stairs which
were splattered with paint. I started
with bleach and scourer then tried terps and scourer. My last attempt was a
sander block which was quite effective.
They are much better but far from perfect. Which can’t be said of my poor hands, they
were so sore and little wonder I don’t have any nails. My last job was to dump the rubbish under the
stairs at the Bleak Hall tip. I hate
this tip, there is always a queue and the staff are so unfriendly.
It was more job applications on Wednesday morning and then
some shopping at CMK. I had a few things
to do and buy. First up was eyebrow
threading at Superdrug. I was
disappointed that my usual lady wasn’t there but decided to pay for her holiday
replacement. Big mistake, she was
rubbish and she really hurt me. The
centre was fairly quiet and I got what I wanted in a couple of hours. After shopping I went to the gym then it was
home alone.
Phil had his graduation yesterday, after years of studying,
he finally decided to consolidate his courses and attend a ceremony. Jim said he wanted to go so we picked him up
and got to MK theatre for half nine.
Phil said he wished he’d never bothered with a ceremony but I think at
the end of it, he was glad he had booked.
It was a bit of a fag queuing up for his official photograph and of
course me and Jim made him pose with the mortar board. The ceremony itself involved lots of clapping
and a bit of pomp with academics but it lasted just over the hour. We had a glass of complimentary fizz in the
foyer after the ceremony and then picked up Shirley. Jim very kindly treated us to lunch at The
Barge (thanks Jim) and I have to say it was very nice. I am wondering whether
they have a new chef. I only had the fish and chips but it was cooked to
perfection.
It would have been quite easy to have a duvet afternoon
yesterday but we had jobs to do. Phil
went to sort his library books and I went over to Sue’s to pick up my tyre
pump. Sue and Ian have been pretty much
at the caravan for most of the week, getting stuff done in readiness for their
move next Monday. We caught up
over a quick cup of tea and then it was back to the flat. I made a tuna pasta bake for tea; Phil said
it was okay but too ‘fishy’ for him. I
did the ironing last night and then packed for the caravan.
Today I am off to Melton to see mum and will meet Phil at
the caravan late afternoon. He is still
in bed so I have emailed him a list of jobs for him to do today. It's pointless having a conversation these days
because he forgets it and then denies all knowledge. If I put it in writing then he has no
excuses. We are going to the van as we
have tickets to see a ‘Madness’ tribute band tonight.
Sue is cooking supper and then we will troop down to the clubhouse. I do not intend to have too late a night
because I have a list of things to do on Saturday and a hangover is not an
option.
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