How was your day? (Random off topic chat)

Thanks

I am hoping I will look back on this in a decade and laugh

Or I will be demented and not recall the whole discordant episode

I saw a rainbow today. On the A41.

Shall update you

It is nice to vent and reflect in fact

Main priority is to get the work completed

So have to get new quotes all over again

Fortunately have found a few plumbers willing to take on an unfinished job

After begging and pleading and outlining what a sh*t time I had been through

Sorry to hear about what you and your family are going through, Parsley, and hope you manage to resolve it satisfactorily. It sounds as though you are well rid of the original contractors and have found others who will do a better job. Extra difficult to have to retrieve a situation not of your making, too.

I always find in situations like that red wine more beneficial than coffeee ! ( at work though may be difficult )

You know it makes sense !

Just got word that there will be no Writers strike this year - the WGA and the producers have reached a contract agreement. Show biz breathes a sigh of relief. Now what do I do with the rather smart strike-wear wardrobe I splurged on in order to look prosperous and successful amongst my comrades on the anticipated picket line?

Took a day off from my usual volunteering and went for another good long walk, making the most of the bluebells while they're still here. Not a drop of the forecast rain, which I had expected to curtail my walk. Killed two birds with one stone by going via my garage (which is a very long way from my home - best part of an hour's drive) for a small errand.

Service chap asked me "Did you walk here?" (No, I always go out in big muddy boots and carrying a hefty rucksack.) When I said yes, his response was "You're mad!" Actually I thought I was multi-tasking, and rather successfully, too, but at least he provided refreshing proof that some businesses don't subscribe to any nonsense about the customer always being right.

I had a good nap.

It's actually called 'parking by ear' and we all do it all the time in Spain...

I tend to refer to it as 'touch parking' (music usually too loud for 'by ear' ;-) )

So hacked off with work. Last week I pointed out something that looked to me like a potential problem only to be told by two people no, its fine, go ahead. 4pm today, turns out it is a problem & quite a significant one. Why didn't they think it through last week when I raised it? I'm only a temp & have to do as I'm told so for God's sake stop telling me to do something then suddenly change your mind so I'm then doing something wrong through no fault of my own.