God, it's been a weird week... one proper day back at work, one Saturday, a lazy day today - and suddenly I'm facing the prospect of a full 6-day week for the first time in a fortnight.
Saturday was okay at work... not too busy, but why do people wait until the boss goes out to come and ask for 50m of one type of cable, 50m of another and 20m of yet another kind (which all have to be reeled off of one drum onto a empty reel)? I was knackered by the time I was finished - especially since I took a part drum of the last cable, thinking "Yeah, there's 20m on that, no problem"... and there was only 16.6 bloody metres on it, so I had to start again!
Then there was a dash to get my shopping, and I had to go and visit Dad... I had planned to have a day off from the visiting, but my brother had been in the afternoon and because the nurses spotted he had a bit of the flu bug that's going, he basically got chucked out and told "Come back in 48 hours". My eldest sister and brother-in-law popped along to see Dad as well, so at least he had some visitors.
Fell asleep watching VH1 Classic.
As I said, today was a very lazy day. Got up about 12:30pm (blush) and lit the fire, took in coal, fed the cats and then chilled out watching telly.
Made dinner about 5pm... Yesterday I bought one of those George Foreman grills, so I had chicken breast done in it, but I think I need some more practice, because my chicken was a bit tough and over-cooked. I read with some incredulity that you can do brussel sprouts in those things... for a start, why? Is there lots of hidden fat in a BS? And then, how do you stop them rolling down the slope into the drip tray every time you open the lid? And why would you spend time carefully arranging them sprout by sprout on the grill?
Settled down to watch The Simpsons on Sky One... where I fell asleep and missed visiting time at the hospital, so I hope someone has been to see Dad.
Re-lit the fire which had gone out while I was sleeping and then came up here, where I am currently listening to my downloaded "Grace Kelly" by MIKA on repeat over and over and over again (thanks, Lou, for the download site address)... I'm going to be humming it all day tomorrow!
Well, I think I'll end now and toddle off to bed before I have to face a working Monday again... groan...
Saturday was okay at work... not too busy, but why do people wait until the boss goes out to come and ask for 50m of one type of cable, 50m of another and 20m of yet another kind (which all have to be reeled off of one drum onto a empty reel)? I was knackered by the time I was finished - especially since I took a part drum of the last cable, thinking "Yeah, there's 20m on that, no problem"... and there was only 16.6 bloody metres on it, so I had to start again!
Then there was a dash to get my shopping, and I had to go and visit Dad... I had planned to have a day off from the visiting, but my brother had been in the afternoon and because the nurses spotted he had a bit of the flu bug that's going, he basically got chucked out and told "Come back in 48 hours". My eldest sister and brother-in-law popped along to see Dad as well, so at least he had some visitors.
Fell asleep watching VH1 Classic.
As I said, today was a very lazy day. Got up about 12:30pm (blush) and lit the fire, took in coal, fed the cats and then chilled out watching telly.
Made dinner about 5pm... Yesterday I bought one of those George Foreman grills, so I had chicken breast done in it, but I think I need some more practice, because my chicken was a bit tough and over-cooked. I read with some incredulity that you can do brussel sprouts in those things... for a start, why? Is there lots of hidden fat in a BS? And then, how do you stop them rolling down the slope into the drip tray every time you open the lid? And why would you spend time carefully arranging them sprout by sprout on the grill?
Settled down to watch The Simpsons on Sky One... where I fell asleep and missed visiting time at the hospital, so I hope someone has been to see Dad.
Re-lit the fire which had gone out while I was sleeping and then came up here, where I am currently listening to my downloaded "Grace Kelly" by MIKA on repeat over and over and over again (thanks, Lou, for the download site address)... I'm going to be humming it all day tomorrow!
Well, I think I'll end now and toddle off to bed before I have to face a working Monday again... groan...
We've got one of those George Foreman grills or at least I think we still have it. I think it was only used once when dad decided to do steak, which turned out so rubbery it could bounce. It's probably in the cupboard with the steamer, the slow cooker, the deep fat fryer and the food mixer!
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