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It was great to have the long weekend. I’m beginning to think that every weekend should be four days!
My wife gave the BBQ a thorough Spring clean while I focused on unscheduled lawnmower maintenance. First BBQ in warm weather is always a treat, and the lawnmower started with first pull, so that was nice.
My mower will probably start with the 1st, maybe 2nd pull, but man, the deck is so rusted out I think it would cut my toes off.
Better check ebay for 2nd hand mowers...
Went away for a couple days over the Easter weekend, came home to a leaking hot water cylinder.
Turns out the welding on one of the connections has cracked, but fair enough the manufacturer is going to replace it.
I hope the water didn’t cause much damage.
Thanks. Luckily not, well, the plasterboard ceiling (beneath the tank obviously) appears to have dried out without cracks or yellowing... yet...?
A hornet has spent most of the week sizing up my shirt rail as a potential nest site. Persuasion hasn't worked, so I have ordered a screen for the window.
I was only called in for one problem at work over the weekend, which was easily resolved,. Spent the rest of it sorting out the shed, pottering in the garden and reading.
In a week and two days I will be off on a regular holiday with friends for a fortnight. It always seems a long slog between Xmas and this one, so really looking forward to it.
Bad weekend, I had stuff to do (my dad needs help with his house, and Ive got work I need to finish because the yanks dont sleep) but my mother had floating plans for the whole break.
We ended up doing nothing, and I got snippy with her the one time she suggested doing something concrete.
Tuesday rolled around and things cooled down once we were back to regular schedules.
Christ I need my own place
Christ I need my own place
Same in my case. Living back with parents, after having lived independently, is annoying.
I count myself fortunate to have somehow avoided ridiculous rents/rent increases, terrible landlords and bad housemates, eventually getting on the housing ladder in my late 30s. Too many people especially in the home countries/London aren't nearly as lucky. Even offered help by my parents but wanted to do it myself
On the one hand, nice to not worry about food and a home cooked meal is always good.
On the other hand, when you have no agency in what time you wake up or what you eat, or even how you spend your evenings without anyone's judgement, you literally regress back into a moody teenager.
I'm in my mid thirties and yet I feel like a child still. It's actually worrying me.
In my case I buy my own food because I just have different tastes I guess. But yes I get the point about judgement. I definitely plan to move out as soon as it's feasible to do so.
Things are good. Nice Easter weekend with nice weather, can't complain. Hope you all had a good Easter too.
Went over to Europe for a festival, really enjoyable right up until the point when I got food poisoning. DX Had to miss the last day staying in my room close to a toilet with recovery fortunately quick enough to make the flight home risk free but I'm still learning what I can and uh definitely can't eat yet
That sounds like a real rollercoaster ride of a weekend!
It was good, very much enjoyed having a long weekend!
I went for a run on Saturday after totally failed the previous Sunday due to my shins hurting, and it was awful, only managed 2K at a very slow pace and had to stop, so I think I'm going to have to pack the running in for a bit until my lower legs recover. I've since joined the local gym to try and stay somewhat healthy, having done upper body on Monday and then lower yesterday (Wednesday) and now I'm absolutetly wrecking; I can barely move!
Sunday my Dad came over, like he normally does every Sunday for dinner. The previous week he said he was going to bring a leg of lamb over, so I'd asked him to come over much ealier so there's time to cook it, except he came over at 17:30, and the lamb took over 2 hours to cook, so it was 20:30 by the time we actually sat down to eat. Luckily both the kids didn't seem to mind and weren't over tired, but it was still a little frustrating that he came over so late, especially as I was waiting around all afternoon for him to turn up.
I've been watching The White Lotus (on season 3 right now) and also The Long Way Up, where Ewan McGreggor and his mate Charlie travel up from South America to Los Angeles on electric bikes.
yeah alright cheers bruv, how was yours?