Grrr. Every single day this week some annoying thing has gone wrong in the house. Sunday it was the light outside the front door. Once you are inside the light fitting, it's just a regular lightbulb, but the fitting? Takes about ten minutes to remove it and double that to put it back.
Monday it was the shower. The water was running away very slowly, so in true Eco-warrior style I attacked it with the plunger, and then dribbled a little of that gentle Eco-liquid into it. Might as well have sung it a lullaby. Called the plumber to come and insert that rather sinister snake-shaped thing to clear the block. But the plumber never showed. Obviously there are more fascinating clients out there. So today I have caved in and poured eco-unfriendly chemicals into the shower.
Tuesday it was the landing light. The bulb had only been replaced about three weeks ago, so I was pretty miffed when the light went off again. But this time - it's not the bulb, the fitting has broken. I mean, how does that happen? It just sits there quietly doing nothing, no-one touches it, and suddenly there it is broken. Hmmm.
Wednesday the plug refused to come out of the bath. It's one of those fancy things where you turn a big round knob and the plug pops up. Except now it doesn't. Great. So now we have no shower and no bath either. Oh for the days of an old fashioned plug on a chain...
This morning my alarm didn't go off. I gradually came to, registering that it really was broad daylight, and probably already time we should have been up and out of here. But although there was no sound from the alarm clock, somewehre off in the distance there was a funny little intermittent pip sound. Out of bed. Pip. Throw on clothes. Pip. Toast. Tea. School bag. Pip. Oh, I get it. The smoke detector has run out of battery power. That will be another ten minutes up the ladder. In the dark, of course, because the electrician hasn't been to mend the light fitting yet...
I haven't even dared investigate why the alarm clock didn't work. There are demons in my house.
3 comments:
poor you! hope you get it all fixed soon
What a miserable week...Actually, your blog suggests that generally life could be rather more fun than it is right now. Thinking about you and saying a quick prayer this morning.
At least it's Friday now!
thanks Kathryn! So cool to get a comment from you!
It's been more downs than ups lately, but I hope there is a light at the end of the tunnel. As long as it's not a train coming...
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