Take a break

1st time really for a breather....well..did some filing...hoovered the flat after the last few sessions of wallpaper removal....and tidied the spare room...to make room for my bike...the wallpaper in the living room is bomb proof...difficult to remove..then the lining paper to come off...then sand and pollyfilla...then coat with lining paint...then paint...better be worth it in the end!!! The hall was steamy...angles meant that I was actually standing on the ladder with my head in the clouds!!! Met my flatmate as well...the steam must have driven him out....a Devils Coachman scurried through the flat and into the spare room......now..I work with murderer's, drug dealers, car thiefs, assaulters and steroid heads..but this thing scared the crap out of me!!!..when I was sorting the spare room today...I was expecting it to jump out....apparently...when threatened it curls it's abdomen up and squirts from 2 anal glands...check it out...this thing is awesome!!!

Anyway, the flat is drying out and I seem to have lost the fella...which is fine by me! Steamed a whole wall...then again with a scraper...only to find under the blood red wallpaper...there is blood red paint on the plaster board!!!..will leave it and use as lining paper!

So nice to come back to your own place...without much travel..trying not to "spread" myself when I don't need to...but I can see it happening...why not...been confined to one room for years...time to enjoy....just down the road from C as well...makes such a difference...nice to just walk up the road...chill...walk back down..less stress and time pressure....came back from the show yesterday....did not go to Chinese or chipper...will power or what?!!!

9/11..watch the full footage most of the day....feel it important to remember..difficult hearing poems about people you lost..more poignant this year...7 months today...bless...nice to see C's daughter fully versed in what happened and full of questions about it.....the young need to ask so it doesn't happen again...or at least....without complacency....a change between us I sense...and the loon..hope it continues.

Work calming down....although properties are a pain...not going into that now....finding time to work ahead as opposed to behind.....see how long that lasts!!!

Tara.