I wasn't going to lose a long thread and the bliddy thing wouldn't post!
Thought it was the WiFi, it's dodgy coverage upstairs - we're getting fibre optic soon. There are three crews of engineers trying to dig a small channel up the drive to the house. About 6ft was done yesterday - must be made of impenetrable stuff.
There's a lot of cars outside beeping this morning because of how they're parked. We live on the main road into town - a ten min walk.
I can hear the men shouting on their phones. It's not going well.
It's weird because when we had an underground water leak between our two houses the water had turned what was underneath the drive to mush. We had local people visiting to look at the water spout for a couple of days. The water was spurting higher than the house when it 'went' and a large area of houses lost their supply. It happens about twice a year near us. Our house was built 1924 - we have the deeds. We paid off the mortgage when H was made redundant after 20 yrs from the firm he worked at since school. We had accumulated lots of shares along the way from various privatisations. H had an obsession with shares - we've been without a mortgage a long time now. We were mis-sold an endowment policy which didn't cover the amount of money borrowed and this spurred H on to 'dabbling' with the stock market. He was fuming because George, who talked us into the endowment, was getting commission on it for 25 yrs. It was more important to sink our money into savings than holidays
I really want to get the Christmas tree down today - I was staying with my daughter while she had lurgy and haven't had chance to do anything with our Christmas stuff. I packed hers away on Friday.
I'm still feeling that I need to sit/lie down whenever I stand up. The headache is constant - paracetamol isn't working. Which I didn't believe when my daughter said it.
H hasn't been in to see me today. He left me with paracetamol and two bottles of lemonade last night. He must think 'that'll do' her until she's well enough to pack Christmas away.
Maybe I'll milk this situation and stay here much longer than I need. I'll go get my knitting at some point today. I'll wait and see if he goes on one of his long walks.
I need a shower but I can't face standing up. I have wet wipes somewhere. I think I've torn my throat coughing. There's been blood this morning. My throat is on fire. My voice has gone - now some would say that's a bonus.
The bonus is, what with having both windows open now that H is in the bedroom at the back of the house, the room is freezing - which is keeping the lemonade cool and it feels nice as it's going down.
I'm quite enjoying the fact that I'm on my own, doing sod all. There's a lot to be said for it.
Haven't found the tv remotes yet - I'm wondering if I've been sleep walking.