Categories: music, decisions, house
Date: 23 October 2011 16:59:39
It's been a great, but busy few weeks. I thought I had got through the half-term reasonably well, until I spent most of yesterday asleep, and then over-slept this morning, messing up Plan A of early church, followed by rugby (Yay for the All Blacks!!) followed by a meander to see how the half-marathon was doing.
So, usual Sunday plan took place - which I'm actually quite glad about. I'm trying not to "church-hop" in the mornings, but only in the evenings as the church I go to in the mornings has no evening service. The infant being dedicated this morning made me giggle so much. He was such a happy, beautifully-behaved child, with the most expressive face.
Plan A for the half term break is also under reconsideration. September/October are very tight months financially in my line of work, and going away even for an occasional day trip wasn't an option, so I had planned to finish off the odd DIY tasks I'd set myself over the summer, but which had to be postponed after the discovery of various bigger jobs that needed doing by someone else! With the exception of one job, they've all been completed. Some of the smaller tasks I've got on with at weekends, as I've not been so exhausted as I've been in previous autumn terms, so the list isn't as long as I thought it was going to be.
However, I have finally received a significant amount of money back from the taxman. After careful consideration that I have received the correct amount, said cheque has been banked and cleared. So, my bank account, which was perilously close to crossing over the border into overdraft territory, is looking astonishingly healthy, and pay day is still to come.
The prudent plan would be to save most of it! I considered this carefully for a while... about half an hour or so.
The other prudent plan would be to buy some new clothes. Which I am going to do a certain amount of! (Appropriate clothing for a wedding, possible interviews, some new shoes and underwear are on that list!)
The main item on the shopping list, however, is a digital piano. My keyboard has done sterling work over the ten years I've had it, but it's not an 88 key one, nor is it proper piano action on the keys. I'm limited in what I can play on it, the key action is over the top light and sensitive and it's been frustrating beyond belief. I've learnt to cope with it, but by limiting myself. The purist in me wants a real piano, the pragmatist knows a digital one will fit in this house better, and I can practise when I want to, as I can wear earphones.
So, tomorrow, for the first time in months, I'm off shopping!!!