I make no secret of the fact that I abhor housework...actually...that's not true at all - I love nothing more than giving a room a good bottoming and find a perverse thrill in things like polishing the grate or beeswaxing the woodwork and so on but what I really hate is things like dusting, hoovering and so on and - horror of horrors - having to sort through things and chuck stuff. Not because I'm a hoarder - because I'm bone-idle!
I'm happy today because I've sold some old Ikea CD towers I don't really have need of any more (CDs live in cupboards these days since you never play them - you have them all ripped on the PC somewhere, right?) - thank you, Gumtree! I've sold a few things on it lately and I'm much preferring it as a means to get rid of un-needed shit than eBay or the local paper.
I've got removals sorted out - Kirtley's managed to get me a decent quote together and the staff seem pretty good so far - now I hate moving - this is my 20th move in 15 years and I used to self-move until the last 5 years but if they're as good as they've been thus far, I'm sure I'm in safe hands. They're packing some things as I just can't do so much any more - just moving a few boxes last week with L when he helped me take some old lab bits and books to work to get them out of the way really screwed me up for a few days - I have to accept that my body just can't handle that kind of thing any more. Thursday and Friday I was using two TENS machines at the same time - not something I do very often - and I had them on from morning until night - muscle relaxants, pain relief, TENS, compression wear, heating pads - you name it, I tried it. I'm a lot better now after a really good night's sleep but not great to be honest.
I'm sick - really, truly sick - of dealing with companies that can't follow requests. "Hello, I want to cancel X, Y and Z from 4 weeks today please, as per your regulations on notice periods" "Ok that's all sorted for you". Cut to a few days later when a letter comes "X and Y are being cancelled next week and Z is not cancelled". I have spent about 6h in the last week dealing with this and finally seem to be almost sorted but I've been lied to, I've been fobbed off and I even had one particularly rude individual today tell me he would not pass me on to his supervisor as he "did not think [my] complaint would go anywhere" - sorry, sunshine, it's not your call - needless to say I now have his name and ID and location and it'll all go into the very, very long letter of complaint once the whole sorry affair is over - at which point I'll name-and-shame on here - I don't like naming and shaming companies whilst a complaint is on-going as it does bias the case - you get their PR team begging you to remove it and so on, no matter how 100% true it all is!
So, after the hassle of that - which I don't need at present - I then managed to get a really good night's sleep last night and woke up feeling quite good - the pain in my ribs and pelvis was a lot better and then T texted to see if I was out in the sun yet - oh yes - a lovely sunny day - I'd not noticed it yet! So I headed out into the sun and we had coffee down at The Secco Lounge in Royal William Yard, which was nice. I've been there before a long time ago and to be honest, half the people I was with that night were really quite ill the next day but we could not relate it to one specific item as two people ate the same thing but only one was ill - for example. I was really bad myself and I still think it must've been the salad as of course not everyone eats that even though it comes on the side of every plate. They've painted it yellow inside now and it looks nice but they've tried to to the whole "eclectic mix of old mirrors on one wall" thing which is fashionable at the moment - but T pointed out they were all reproductions and too perfect - shame really as it would work well if they did it properly. We then went for a wander back through town before it got too cold.
I know it's not cooking but I'm having Marks's meal for 2 for £10 all to meself for me tea! I'm not starting the whole "cooking properly" resolution until after I'm settled in the Haus Am Meer, but that's a while off yet - for now, I want convenience and speed! Hunter's chicken and Cheddar mash!!! Om nom nom nom!
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