The shower trials

Well, having had such a bad week and a half, we decided J needed a day to recover. We had a luxurious lie in (excuse the alliteration) and watched some crappy daytime TV. We then investigated the computer and found that although it initially looked like the hard drive was screwed, it now seems that the hard drive is fine but the SATA controllers are screwed. So, new motherboard for me and, while we are at it a new case as trhe one I have is a bit awkward and we want to add a couple more hard drives etc.

We then went swimming as we can't use the shower and yesterday was the hottest day this year so we were both a little sweaty. This basically pooped us out - we staggered round the supermarket to get bread, shampoo and a coupole of other little bits and staggered home. We hadn't sat down to eat lunch before Mum and Dad rang to say they were coming tofix the bath and I had promised them the chicken pot pie from the night before for t. I also made bread and butter pud form the stale bread that morning. Dad fixed the bath very quickly, and we all sat in the lounge and nattered about google maps and switzerland etc. They headed home about 8, and after J cut my hair and I cut his, we watched Independance Day on our new DVD player, courtesy of J's dad. We haven't been able to watch it up to now as our latest DVD player didn't have multiregion and a large section of our DVD's, including Independance Day, are american.

We both LOVE this film - sure it is full of plot holes but it still ROCKS!

A bathing disaster and welcome homecoming

Saturday was a loooong day. I really needed to sleep as a bad back had kept me awake the night before so I took the monsters to bed with me as JJ is home tomorrow and he won't let the monsters sleep with us so I like to take the occasional opportunity to snuggle. Unfortunately, Thai had the wiggles and about 5 am Sherb trod on a toy that woofs christmas songs and then decided that it was a threat to the security of the world and stood and barked at it forEVER!

I had LOTS to do today so, having checked my email, I went to jump in the shower. Luckily, I looked down as I reached for the tap as the bath plug hole had dropped through the bath and the water would be dropping directly on the floor. The day before I had been using loo limescale remover to delimescale EVERYTHING! (It is much stronger than regular limescale remover so is done quicker) and there was a patch of limescale around the plug that was a bit stubborn so I popped some more on and promply forgot about it. It seems that who ever installed the waster did a bit of a hash job of it and in the end just stuck it in using mastic. The limescale remover ate straight through the mastic and the waste dropped out.

After about an hour wasted and then a sheepish call to my Dad who said he should be able to fix it without too much of a problem, I was finally able to get on with it. I got quite a lot donw but my whole day was basically one of waiting for the moment J came home. Just before leaving for the airport, I went to check the fight details on my computer. It was frozen. I restarted and nothing it, it didn't go in, it just impacted on the surface. I evetually had to admit defeat and dash to the airport, HOPING I remembered it right and he was landing at terminal one.

His flight landed about 16 minutes late but, as J put it, it parked at gate one million 7 hundred billion 6 thousand and 5, so getting back to the arrivals took forever. He did not have a good trip, to the point where he was in tears when I finally saw him and I think he was desperate to get home. When we got home the dogs, Sherb in particular, went completely doolally and, haing worn themselves out, collapsed and slept happily knowing their daddy was home. I had made him chicken pot pie as he had overdosed on cheese while in switzerland, but we weren't hungry so we sat and talked and watched the video that he took of the wildlife and Rambo, his dad's dog.

I don't think I have ever been so glad to get into bed and snuggle with my hubby - I swear he was away from years not days.