Well… (by sarah)
Yesturday I asked Inga one of the gardeners about the climbing plant on our garage/electronics workshop, I was pruning it like every two weeks - but the last month and a half I haven't and I was worried that it was on the phone line and stuff. Plus Barbara always moans when I prune it so I wondered if I was being too heavy handed - No apparently it needs pruning every two weeks to keep it in check.
Inga then begain pruning it for me - She cleared up and went and the internet wasn't working. This ment that in order for Alaric to get what needed to be done done we had to go to Aviator and use their free WiFi. This was with a Jean full of sugar from a birthday party :/
Al contacted BT and they texted saying an Engineer would be coming out today.
Al's meeting had also been rearranged so he had to be off early this morning to get to Reading for said meeting - becuase we had got in just after Jean's bed time I put her straight to be with only tooth brushing - this ment I was hair wahing and bathing her this morning to get pink glitter from the party out of her hair and the face paints off of her cheek.
But I got her ready and was heading out of the door when to my supprise a BT van appeared - I ushered Jean back inside to deal with him.
The line was cut - I assume from the pruning :/ So in trying to stop the line being damaged and breaking I had succeeded in garenteeing that it was broken 🙁 Also this a chargable repair - fair enough but I feel like everytime I try and make things better this happens - I have no idea how much it will cost either :'(.
Still the engineer was nice and did all the house stuff quickly so I could go to the school. Jean ran most of the way bless her. I had my stick and was attempting to motor up the hill - but I was the slow one of the two of us 🙁
We got to the school in 10 minutes! Just as they were going through the door. People then gave me letters and things and I dropped my stick and fumbled and then realised I was the only perant left in the playground.
Aching I set off for home - but the frantic walk up had just hurt me too much and I had to stop and sit on the verge by the allotments. I just couldn't walk any furthure - this is getting rediculous but its not a constant thing - August I did the whole boundary walk and was only like this right at the end.
Anyway I was feeling a bit frustrated by it all especially as yesturday my back was so bad I wasn't able to get up out of the bed - I'd had chronic hip pain the whole night and had to space myself on pain killers so thinking is a bit fugy at the moment :/
Now I have to leave to get the bean from school - I'm so tired from these walks I'm not getting any tidying or sorting done which is starting to worry me - I'm hoping it will improove - this was not a good time to have a flare up.
Building Maintenance | sarah | 
Wed 16th Sep 2009 10:28 am
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By Liz, Fri 18th Sep 2009 @ 9:17 am
Sarah do you remember our conversation about this when you stayed with us? The tidying and sorting will keep until time is better managed and Jean is full time at school! Dont worry - the tidy police are on a long break and they have taken the sorting inspectors with them...........
Imagine.........when my three were little, one at play school half-day, one at school the opposite half day, and one at school the whole day!.........and I NEVER used the car I walked my little legs off!!! (Wish I could do that now!!!) There was little point in having a mortgage cos I really never got the time to be there other than to sleep, so all the tidying and sorting went out the window!!!
You need to prioritise......Jean and school, meals, clean clothes, then anything else.........after all is said and done you can be untidy but it doesnt make you unclean. You will find that you long for the school holidays to come round to catch up on all the things you didnt get done around the house in term time because of the school runs. Chill........its not for ever, but it does promote a different way of life to what you have been used to!
Love to all.