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Work being done, I popped round the corner to the shops. First, to the Post Office to drop off a damaged book for return to Amazon; and then to the chemists a couple of door away for the monthly stuff
The Prime Minister emailed me earlier to assure me that he has every confidence in me. Nice of him to say so though, embarrassingly, he'd accidentally copied in the whole of the Civil Service. Even more of a blunder than that made by the new Secretary of State, who only copied in the entire department when he emailed to say how much he was looking forward to working with me. I daresay they'll get the hang of it eventually
Dull, overcast. Much rain forecast but not yet presented itself. Currently 18 degrees and that's the high for the day. Barometer at 1013 mBar (1016 mBar according to the weather app).
Today I have had a lazy morning and just gotten back from the hairdressers. Job hunting resumes.
Yesterday I visited my Mum and my brother and I took her out for lunch ahead of her birthday this week (for which I have just remembered to order some flowers). The drive down and back was made more entertaining due to some very heavy showers but on the coast it was a sunny albeit windy day. I mowed the back lawn after lunch had settled.
Seems odd she felt dizzy when entering neighbour's garden at closest spot to the router. Wonder if my insomnia has similar causes, must make myself a tin foil hat.
Neighbour next door just came round and asked if I can turn my WiFi off when their gardener is around as it affects her. Makes her dizzy. Thought she must be a loony, but looking on Google, not so sure. Rarely use it anyway, my PC has ethernet.
Neighbour next door just came round and asked if I can turn my WiFi off when their gardener is around as it affects her. Makes her dizzy. Thought she must be a loony, but looking on Google, not so sure. Rarely use it anyway, my PC has ethernet.
Cool in here at 18.3 deg, 19 deg in the kitchen, 17 deg in the leanto, 13.6 deg in the saltinghouse.
1009 mBar, 29.796 in Hg, 756.8 Torr, 14.6343 psi, (up from 1007 last night), 69% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 18th of October 2019 there was much talk of Viz (whatever that is), Drunken Bakers (ditto), whilst I got wet wandering aimlessly around Neath as a coffin dodger.
Shirts in the WM.
Shirts out of the WM and pegged out on the line.
Smalls in the WM.
Smalls out of the WM and pegged out on the line.
Cottons in the WM.
Shopping trip to Morrisons done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away.
Cottons out of the WM and pegged out on the line.
Assorted other stuff that needed washing in the WM.
Assorted other stuff that needed washing out of the WM and pegged out on the line.
Shirts in off the line & roughly iRoned along with the tea towels.
Lunch: scrambled egg etc.
Entertainment during the above: The Infinite Monkey Cage: S21: Quantum stuff.
The Infinite Monkey Cage: S21: UFOs. .
The Infinite Monkey Cage: S21: Lucy Beaumont's Close Encounters. .
S22 begins during lockdown.
It's gone very dark so everything is in off the line, the cottons requiring the iRon have seen the iRon, everything else is airing upstairs.
The jeans have proved not to be dry, the waistband is still remarkably damp, but the puffer jacket seems to have dried rather more than I'd expected.
In further bad news the Freecell box is toast. Ho hum.
Tea: soup etc.
Raining.
Entertainment: Abandoned Engineering. I wonder if this one will have any engineering in it.
Sunny start for a change. Expected to get cloudier by lunchtime though. It's already 12°C and likely to reach 20°, while the barometers are up a bit more at 1003/1011mB
This evening's viewing was Trauma Room 1 followed by a couple of old episodes of 24 Hours in A&E. I thought there was a new one of the latter, but it turned out to be a clip show
Monday again tomorrow. At least there'll be a new Secretary of State, not that I ever get to move in such exalted circles
Tea: another microwave meal, as I got a spare the other day in case one wasn't enough, supermarkets' ideas of what "feeds n people" being notoriously unrealistic. This one was "Chinese style" chicken curry and rice. Nice enough, and a bit tastier than the one the other night, but still not as tasty as it might have been
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