Wednesday 1st October 2014

Tuesday.

Jools had an interview, so I stayed at home, having warned the builders they would have to make their own tea. That was the plan, though it turned out I made lots of tea. Lots of tea.

The sun shone and more work got done on the house. The new estimate it that it might be done 'Thursday'. We shall see. The skimming does create lots of dust and mess, which they try to tidy up, but the dust gets everywhere. We are dreaming when the work is done, the scaffold is taken away and we get the house back and can just relax when we come home.

The day passes, and the work and tea drinking continues. I now have confirmed plans to head back to Denmark next week. And the week after, but this week I can stay in Blighty. And drink tea.

Jools comes home from her second interview in four days. We hope for the best and that one employer will see the light and give her a job, full time.

The guys work until it is just about dark, getting the finish just so. At this time of year, it takes a little longer for the render to harden and for the skimming to begin. It all takes time. Thankfully the weather has been mild enough to get it all done, and the wind has not blown. Jools and I cook pan fried aubergine and pasta salad for dinner, which we sit down to eat just before eight. As the builders had done the wall on the side of the bathroom, they had removed the pipes to get the finish right, and so as the pipes were not put back, no shower and can't use the sink.

I finish the evening following the City v Charlton game via Twitter, and after dominating the game, we manage to give a goal away in the closing stages to lose 1-0, but still stay top. Oh well.

First week back at work is always the hardest, I tell myself after another day slips by.

Tomorrow is October.