Categories: housework, work, gardening
Date: 07 September 2012 22:22:59
The summer, that is! I was going to do lots and lots of piano practice, finish the decorating, give the house a thorough clean and do a certain amount of gardening. Maybe even beginning to tackle the Bottom of the Garden. Normally, we do not speak of this. I keep muttering it is all a good security device.
I did do lots of piano practice. I think it's fair to say I've re-established the habit of practising again.. maybe not as strongly as it should be, but it's getting there.
The decorating, frankly, didn't happen. It can wait a little longer.
The garden did sort of happen, but my landlady had other plans. Unfortunately when was convenient for her, was not for me, but what she wanted doing had to happen, and I worked around it. (It's mostly why the decorating didn't happen - when I'd planned to do it was the only time she could do what she wanted in the garden, Not aided by the fact I wanted to finish the gloss work in the kitchen, and access to the garden only happens through the kitchen...And, of course, it all took longer than she'd optimistically kept telling me it would....... oh, you get the idea.)
The house did get a jolly good clean, mostly. That could have been for two reasons. The first is because I lost a bank statement, and in turning the house upside down to find it, cleaned various places out. The second is I've had several house guests.
On the other hand, I got away a couple of times, I slept lots, I have the most detailed spreadsheet for dealing with work hours next year. (The hours debacle is, again, one of those matters of which we do not speak. It did not make for a restful month of July. Suffice it to say, I was right. )
I am deeply miffed that the weather is now glorious, when I return to term time work.
In many ways, the new timetable is a lovely one and gives me some leeway when I'm likely to need it next year. There is a huge amount of practical work, and a lot less classroom based work. I will be returning some PPE to the office. I'll need aprons, but have decided I'd rather use my own, as I do with boots and overalls, as I will use them at home. I have some reservations about some of the work, but need to see how it goes.
But, I am going to have a lazy rest of the weekend now, and enjoy it!