Stuff! (Including some drama)
Saturday
Came down to Coventry. Car broke down in a cloud of black smoke on the motorway. Waited for an hour in the very hot car for rescue to arrive in the form of the RAC. When the rescue guy arrived he regaled us with a tale of stealing his ex wife's car, racing it and crashing it in a field. Lovely stuff.
Sunday
Was turfed out of bed at an anti social hour to traipse round a car boot sale. Found no bargains but lots of mud. We dropped our friend off at the pub she'd left her car at the night before and (after having a laugh at her parking) she set the alarm off and couldn't turn it off. High point of the day: finding a shop that sold cracked pepper cheese and home made strawberry and apple pies. Low point: discovering my grandad's cancer might be back =(
Today
Visited great aunt's to sort out some confusion. The council had sent her a letter to say her housing benefit had been reduced, they'd overpaid her and would take the money out of her account by direct debit. She read this as meaning they owed her £140. My grandma read it as she owed them £140. I read it and discovered they hadn't stated how much she owed (it would probably be under £10 judging by the amount they'd reduced her benefit) and they'd randomly plucked the £140 of the page. Sigh. I love seeing my family, but they seem to save conundrums until I visit. So far, apart from what I've already mentioned, I've been consulted about plumbing, Outlook, Amazon and growing vegetables.