Get one, ration it. If you deny yourself everything, at some point you'll snap and they'll find you with your head well into the feed trough!
Oh, it's really Friday again!
1) Got the EE pay as you go changed over to Sky monthly billing. We now get unlimited calls and texts nationwide, and some data (that we won't use as the phone can't handle it) that will roll over for like up to three years. For 5 pounds a month (same as the PAYG was). I feel better with the Daughter gallivanting around the country with a cell phone that's not going to run out of coins in the bank. Still need to find a cheapo for me - I think there was an Alcatel flip phone at the Carphone Warehouse to buy with a sim for like 10 pounds. That should do it. Will put an 02 payg sim in that one, since you buy an amount of charges and it just sits there perpetually until you use it. I almost never use the cell phone, but there have been a couple of times when I've needed one. So....
2) Was puttering in the kitchen this morning, about to make the Daughter a cup of tea, and got a phone call from the landlord. Downstairs flat has water "coming in" and they wanted me to check our flat. I found a spot in our bathroom where cold water is seeping through the joint between the wall and the floor. They said at 9:30 that they were sending an emergency plumber out right away, and he'd find out if it was one of our pipes or coming from above us (there's a few more floors up there) and seeping out as it comes through the walls. It's now 3 hours later and we've not seen anything of a plumber yet. I have visions that the kid upstairs who is house-sitting while is folks are away has smoked one joint too many and left the tub on, or their loo is overfilling or something. Either way, I had things to do "out" today, for a change, and am now sitting here not able to take a bath (sure way to get the plumber to show up), do any baking (in case he shuts the water off, don't want piles of dirty dishes festering), or really get into any project in a serious way.
Strange idea of "emergency" plumber visit, really.
3) Am supposedly on a diet. Am seriously craving pizza. My two egg-whites and slice of toast for breakfast just isn't holding.
4) Daughter should be working on her dissertation, but is wandering around the house asking when the plumber is coming. And were they going to notify us when it was fixed. Neither of which answers I can tell her.
5) I forgot to do my online shop this week. I guess I'll order online now and just pony up the delivery charge (it's outside my "free" mid-week period). Even frozen mini-pizza sounds good. It's kinda warm and humid (for here) and that makes me not want to really add to the heat in the flat by firing up the oven. Maybe Dominos. And diet tomorrow.
There's not much of a breeze, which is unfortunate. It would be a lot nicer with a breeze coming in the windows.
CONGRATS on the job!!!! Woo You!
