Do you ever get days when "it's all happening" - some good things which make you feel elated, and some not so good which bring you back down to earth with a big bump?
I've just had two days like that!!
Yesterday Patio Man should have been here at 7.30. At 9 am I texted him - he was at the hospital having a blood test he'd forgotten to mention! Then two labourers turned up - one them PM said he'd sacked!! PM eventually arrive mid-morning. After the previous days of being so unreliable I was pretty cross with him! Then it became obvious that the 'extra' worker was starting on a job across the road. So I said I hoped he wasn't going to start there until our patio was finished. OH was "quite" cross as well, but I persuaded him not to say anything. Then they went off for lunch - for an hour and a half! We exchanged views on this! Eventually peace was restored and he worked till 6 pm.
Then we heard DS1 had got an appointment to see a specialist about his nails next week. They're very painful and weeping, so hopefully they will be able to help. In the meantime he's got antibiotics.
By mid-afternoon OH's eye was feeling better, and he'd also done a tip run, which had taken ages because there was a long queue, despite an appointments system.
I had a chat to DS2 about GD1's first day at her new school - amazing, fantastic and brilliant was her verdict!
Today DIL1 sent me photos of their beautiful newly-finished patio, with huge brown stains all over it!! The chap had washed it off with a product containing hydrochloric acid, and it seems it's permanent. DS and DIL are so upset - this has been their big project for the summer and had been planned so carefully, and they've enjoyed it for precisely one day. I could have wept for them.
But our PM turned up as promised at 7.30 today and has worked all day, with a couple of breaks, plenty of tea/coffee and doughnuts!
DS1 is struggling with the antibiotics, with palpitations and sore tendons. The hospital have sent a prescription to the GP so hopefully that will help. DIL was collecting it. - Not sure whether this was before or after she had to take Bailey the BC to the vets with a torn carpal pad. (You couldn't make it up, could you!)
Then GS1 got a message to say he'd been offered a job from an interview he went to yesterday! At exactly the same time as OH's oldest sister's husband phoned to say that OH's eldest brother, who has recently been diagnosed with vascular dementia, will not be able to go home, and they're looking for a suitable bed for him in specialist accommodation. By this time OH was ready to go out for the evening - for the first time since February 2020 - so I'll have to tell him when he comes back tonight.
I hope tomorrow will be more peaceful.
Sorry for the long post, but I needed to tell someone. xxx
I've just had two days like that!!
Yesterday Patio Man should have been here at 7.30. At 9 am I texted him - he was at the hospital having a blood test he'd forgotten to mention! Then two labourers turned up - one them PM said he'd sacked!! PM eventually arrive mid-morning. After the previous days of being so unreliable I was pretty cross with him! Then it became obvious that the 'extra' worker was starting on a job across the road. So I said I hoped he wasn't going to start there until our patio was finished. OH was "quite" cross as well, but I persuaded him not to say anything. Then they went off for lunch - for an hour and a half! We exchanged views on this! Eventually peace was restored and he worked till 6 pm.
Then we heard DS1 had got an appointment to see a specialist about his nails next week. They're very painful and weeping, so hopefully they will be able to help. In the meantime he's got antibiotics.
By mid-afternoon OH's eye was feeling better, and he'd also done a tip run, which had taken ages because there was a long queue, despite an appointments system.
I had a chat to DS2 about GD1's first day at her new school - amazing, fantastic and brilliant was her verdict!
Today DIL1 sent me photos of their beautiful newly-finished patio, with huge brown stains all over it!! The chap had washed it off with a product containing hydrochloric acid, and it seems it's permanent. DS and DIL are so upset - this has been their big project for the summer and had been planned so carefully, and they've enjoyed it for precisely one day. I could have wept for them.
But our PM turned up as promised at 7.30 today and has worked all day, with a couple of breaks, plenty of tea/coffee and doughnuts!
DS1 is struggling with the antibiotics, with palpitations and sore tendons. The hospital have sent a prescription to the GP so hopefully that will help. DIL was collecting it. - Not sure whether this was before or after she had to take Bailey the BC to the vets with a torn carpal pad. (You couldn't make it up, could you!)
Then GS1 got a message to say he'd been offered a job from an interview he went to yesterday! At exactly the same time as OH's oldest sister's husband phoned to say that OH's eldest brother, who has recently been diagnosed with vascular dementia, will not be able to go home, and they're looking for a suitable bed for him in specialist accommodation. By this time OH was ready to go out for the evening - for the first time since February 2020 - so I'll have to tell him when he comes back tonight.
I hope tomorrow will be more peaceful.
Sorry for the long post, but I needed to tell someone. xxx
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