HAPPY NEW WEEK!
I hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Ouch, a hammer drill headache sounds grim! Hope it goes, OG. Pat, when we come back from 2 or 3 weeks away, I usually look at several pages of emails and delete them in bunches, by labelling them in my head as "delete" or "important' and " maybe - look at later". Then I take a break and do something else before coming back to attack them again. Then I re-read the doubtful ones when I have time. My car seems OK now. We have a battery charger which has been vital over the years, as we usually have older cars. My OH took her round the block to see if everything worked. After lunch I fell asleep so the walking this morning must have been too much fresh air for me! Heather, I'm sorry you had a bad night. They do say that you should just go to bed the next night at the normal time, and you'll fall back into your usual routine.
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OG: Glad things are on schedule with the wet room (thanks for explaining that). When we had the toilet seal replaced, the potential worst case scenario was replacing some plumbing under the floor that would have required a jackhammer. I don't envy you.
Heather: Yikes; sounds like a ghastly night. Worrying about family again?
PatO: That's pretty impressive - the car starting after four months? I'd've thought you'd have needed a neighbor to start it up on a regular basis.
AQ: Grrrr. "Come back another day with your husband"?! When we were shopping for a replacement car some years back, I went out looking by myself and although those words weren't used, the attitude I got at one dealership was similar. Hard to believe in this day and age when women (in this country at least) are responsible for 65% of new vehicle purchases.
Busy day with daughter. Good for the most part but with some wheel-spinning to keep us on our toes.
Have a good Wednesday all.
Good morning - OG - I'm sorry that the drilling gave you a headache yesterday, hope all is well, now. I wish that we had thought about underfloor heating when we had the downstairs shower room revamped ten years or so ago. The walls and floor are completely tile and - yes - quite cold underfoot in the mornings! I think (!) that there are quite a few canes at the bottom of this garden, I don't use them any longer. I did think about sweet peas but no space for them these days, since OH died, all the shrubs seem to have got taller and wider, somehow! AQ - I too, was surprised that your neighbours are building on at the front. Hope that Nanny duty goes OK and that you don't pick up any stray bugs whilst there... ANNETTE - I was reading again about the paucity of whales going from San F Bay area to Alaska. Not enough food for them? Also a few more dead ones than previously. LINDY/ANNETTE - this sleep problem is just a darn nuisance. I'm used to it but not to that extent. My brother suggests an afternoon nap - something which I try to avoid. I do brood over things at night and have experienced quite severe anxiety symptoms since OH died. Practising 'mindfulness' :-) Speaking about him, apparently the gales and rain were so bad last night in central Brittany that their very large and very beautiful wisteria was blown away from the wall. Maybe not well enough secured but I am too scared to suggest that to them. LYNETTE - Out to lunch two days running - what a treat! PAT - I'm extremely impressed to read about your car starting first time! Not sure if I would have the patience to deal with over 3000 emails. I've never been seen as a patient person - except when I was nursing. Unfortunately my poor children bore the brunt of my work frustrations - looking back I feel very guilty but they seem relatively normal. (What is that?)