on the subject of not learning, plus a funny
So not only did I spend most of my weekend removing wallpaper, I spent Monday and Tuesday evenings doing that too, even though I felt like poo. (It's a big, horrible messy job and I'm aware that the best case scenario is we'll be living in a building site for months, so I feel the need to spend every waking hour working on it).
My back hates me and my right shoulder is none too happy either (both of these were a problem before I started this project).
So yesterday I limped through the day, came home and promptly fell over. Around 8 pm I felt like I was actually coming down with something - not good, because I have two big non-optional pre-paid non-refundable weekends in a row coming up.
Anyway, I feel marginally better today and I'm getting my hair done after work so I can only spend so much time making myself feel worse tonight.
On a more positive note, we were watching the first part of the BBC's short documentary on the Pennine Way, and - you can see where this is going. I think it mostly appealed to me because the southern part - the Peak District and Calderdale - are the bits I know quite well, and in the case of Calderdale, would move there tomorrow if I could. But yeah, it's a vague plan for some time in the future.
Having said that, we then watched the episode of Parks & Recreation where Tom secures his iPod dock to his Roomba to create a mobile stereo system... and we nearly bought a Roomba. I understand that in "normal" relationships one or both of you are an adult and either don't find things like this appealing in the first place, or one of you puts the brakes on it for sensible reasons. My life is more fun.
My back hates me and my right shoulder is none too happy either (both of these were a problem before I started this project).
So yesterday I limped through the day, came home and promptly fell over. Around 8 pm I felt like I was actually coming down with something - not good, because I have two big non-optional pre-paid non-refundable weekends in a row coming up.
Anyway, I feel marginally better today and I'm getting my hair done after work so I can only spend so much time making myself feel worse tonight.
On a more positive note, we were watching the first part of the BBC's short documentary on the Pennine Way, and - you can see where this is going. I think it mostly appealed to me because the southern part - the Peak District and Calderdale - are the bits I know quite well, and in the case of Calderdale, would move there tomorrow if I could. But yeah, it's a vague plan for some time in the future.
Having said that, we then watched the episode of Parks & Recreation where Tom secures his iPod dock to his Roomba to create a mobile stereo system... and we nearly bought a Roomba. I understand that in "normal" relationships one or both of you are an adult and either don't find things like this appealing in the first place, or one of you puts the brakes on it for sensible reasons. My life is more fun.