In limbo
I'm currently living with the folks - an unfortunate side-effect of travelling instead of saving money is that when you return you need to stay somewhere while you find a job. This is fine, mostly - I pay rent and do chores and all that, but it's far from ideal for all of us. I really hope I get this job...
*crosses fingers*
For the most part being here is boring, but occasionally...not.
For instance, there's the Mystery of the Missing Plant Pot. One of the square tubs framing the front door has disappeared. Mum can't think why someone would steal just one - or indeed why they'd steal one at all - and is threatening to leave a notice. (I pointed out to her that the only reason someone would be around to read it was if they came back to pinch the other one.) Dad's theory is that Mum herself moved it in an absent-minded moment. I secretly suspect the neighbours borrowed it since our cats "borrowed" their rabbit the other day.
And as if that wasn't enough excitement, my Dad is re-doing the bathroom all by himself. For some reason their en-suite bathroom also isn't quite working right either. We also have an out-house loo which is generally safe. (Well, except for the time he left the plug end of the drill cable in the sink. That was a close one.)
Anyway, the end result is a kind of Musical Toilets game, wherein on any given day one toilet/sink/shower is out of order. And you don't know which one.
The temperature of the water in the shower - once you get past the large sheet of wood propped against the entrance and then move the tools from inside - varies from scalding to sub-zero. You can guarantee it'll be sub-zero when you want to wash your hair. Oh, and there's no light. Fortunately it's summer so it doesn't get dark until past 10pm.
And finally, the cast iron bath. Obviously it can't fit through the door, so he and I just manhandle it around the room as and when he needs access to different areas. It is HEAVY. Also, as we move it around, it interferes with the signal linking the wireless phones to their base set and we can't understand half the phone calls we get. Ah well, most of them are from call centres in India anyway. I find answering with "Namaste!" works quite well there...
*crosses fingers*
For the most part being here is boring, but occasionally...not.
For instance, there's the Mystery of the Missing Plant Pot. One of the square tubs framing the front door has disappeared. Mum can't think why someone would steal just one - or indeed why they'd steal one at all - and is threatening to leave a notice. (I pointed out to her that the only reason someone would be around to read it was if they came back to pinch the other one.) Dad's theory is that Mum herself moved it in an absent-minded moment. I secretly suspect the neighbours borrowed it since our cats "borrowed" their rabbit the other day.
And as if that wasn't enough excitement, my Dad is re-doing the bathroom all by himself. For some reason their en-suite bathroom also isn't quite working right either. We also have an out-house loo which is generally safe. (Well, except for the time he left the plug end of the drill cable in the sink. That was a close one.)
Anyway, the end result is a kind of Musical Toilets game, wherein on any given day one toilet/sink/shower is out of order. And you don't know which one.
The temperature of the water in the shower - once you get past the large sheet of wood propped against the entrance and then move the tools from inside - varies from scalding to sub-zero. You can guarantee it'll be sub-zero when you want to wash your hair. Oh, and there's no light. Fortunately it's summer so it doesn't get dark until past 10pm.
And finally, the cast iron bath. Obviously it can't fit through the door, so he and I just manhandle it around the room as and when he needs access to different areas. It is HEAVY. Also, as we move it around, it interferes with the signal linking the wireless phones to their base set and we can't understand half the phone calls we get. Ah well, most of them are from call centres in India anyway. I find answering with "Namaste!" works quite well there...