Morning

What a way to wake up...hot shower in your own hoosey..Judas Priest on the stereo...and a day of office work ahead...he he....nice...oh..and a cup of black gold at hand!!!

Almost normal...weird feeling....last week was all about late days and long hours...and stripping wallpaper...not this week...well....still some paper to do in the livingroom ceiling then I think I will hand over to Jimmer to do the fiddly bits, remove the lining paper in the livingroom and then paint where he can...while I will be out in the garden...if the devil dog below leaves me alone....I will make sure I have my steelies on for that one....a sly sideways swipe should persuade the hound to bug someone somewhere else!!! Once that is done I should be able to relax into the winter in an up to date property..right now it looks like a crack house!!..no more Devil's Coachmen so far but I haven't really been in the spare room..so we shall see.

Last big thing hanging over my head is the tax return for last year but that should be simple enough....and prep the 6 months of this one I guess...but that will be done in October..of course....there is the roof in Edinburgh and Perth....Edinburgh all I can do is pay for it and hope the tenant does not move out...Perth is a right pain....the roofer is not returning my calls...he knows my numbers!!!!...if he doesn't turn up on the agreed date having put it off for ages I will have to pay back the few who had handed money over back in March and apologise...then hope nothing else happens.

Consulting done now and on with the work generated plus the usual crim work..all going well.

Tara

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.