vangogh have you just finished a house/dog sitting scenario? I'm off to meet someone a couple of hours away tomorrow, with a view to looking after their house and dogs while they're away in January. I'll have to work from there, but it would be better than sharing a house with my ex as our alternative nesting accommodation is not available in January and February.
Sounds like a godsend for you.
I house/dog/chicken sat for my sister. Four hours away. The heating broke and could not be fixed. I've had two messages from her about it today that made me cry - it's like she's making out it was my fault. I called the plumber she told me to use, he came out four times and it wasn't til the forth time he diagnosed the problem. Now the problem is diagnosed she's asking why that wasn't obvious on the first visit (how the fuck would I know, I work in HR for a fucking bank!) and is saying she's not going to pay his bill. Which has upset me more because it was me who called him and now I feel like I owe him the money. It's £350. The actual remedy will be thousands.
It also cost me loads to go because I had a gig booked that I could drive to and back from home, but from hers I had to stay over, plus more fuel, and I had to arrange a friend to cover that night (told sister there was a night I couldn't do and she asked me to get someone else to do it) and get her a gift, plus I missed my work away day and Christmas party, three walks with my club and two other social events.
Also, her dog has hand made raw food I had to make every two days, it's disgusting!
And here she is sending me texts complaining about the plumber.
Do you know what - she didn't even give me a box of chocolates or a bottle of wine for doing it.
And I was fucking freezing half the time I was there.
Then my mum took the opportunity while I was there to use me as a parcel collection service to corale all her Christmas gifts for sister and her offspring, check it had all arrived, label it up so sister knows which is which. So hundreds of incomprehensible texts from my mum about bloody parcels while I was there. Calling me and sending me emails about it and just talking nonsense ("but your sister wouldn't have signed her surname would she?", She hasn't signed anything mum, you know she's in Cuba. "well did YOU sign with her surname" no mum, noone has signed anything".....etc etc). And yet no parcel at my house for me from my mum.
I feel better for that rant. But I'm fine now, I won't be doing her any more favours ever.
And I'm pissed off with MrWG (again). I sent him my Dec schedule which is admittedly busy, asking him to find a time we can meet. He said he'd try but he's also very busy. So two things - 1) he hasn't and that was this morning; 2) I'd quite like it if he could try to sound a bit more like he actually wanted to.
Went to eat and a gig with MrStone tonight. Was nice but I still don't fancy him at all.