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A blank

Today has been a blank. Not sure what happened. A bit of work? Oh of course. I had my first meeting with a new client, based in Belize so quite far away. It will be interesting to see how it goes – I quite liked the people I’ll be working with. The company’s owner was […]

Bulldozing

We rather ruthlessly bulldozed our contractor and architect, so today and yesterday a lot of work has been going on in the flat. Today, the plumber was there and installed the longer gas pipe, as well as the bidet and the various taps, so aside from actual hot water, all sanitary equipment is now up […]

Shattering glass

Last night, I stepped out of the shower, put on my pyjamas, left the bathroom, and as I left, behind the shower enclosure suddenly shattered, sending glass everywhere. It was shocking and of course had I taken a few moments longer to dress I would have been covered in glass. Anyway, not only was I […]

A rabbit in the corridor

This morning a series of deliveries was made. Unfortunately the first of these was a very large and heavy fridge. First, the box wouldn’t fit through the front door, so the delivery men finally took it out and then it just about fit. Then, even removed from the box it wouldn’t fit through the kitchen […]

Dodgy

Last night the GF went to a party, which I backed out of, though I rather regret it. It seems to have been something of a metaphorical and literal underworld scene, the sort where you see, though doubled vision, both immense wealth and the dodginess that clusters around it. There were also a lot of […]

Dust everywhere

Today was my first trip to the flat, and my first opportunity to see it look and feel close to finished, with lights and switches everywhere. Quite exciting. The reason I was there was the kitchen installation by Ikea. So I sat on the plastic covered sofa in one half of the living room while […]