Better

So..having returned from Edinburgh and the flat ready for selling...the rain came down hard yesterday..no point in stressing too much as this process will take a while. Main thing is the surveyor has had a look and the only issue is a loose slate...photographers are going in today to take nice pics and do the floor plan. Hopefully the flat will be on the market by Monday and then..who knows...hope for a quick turn around.

Back

Back from Edinburgh this morning...having gone down there on Friday..damage to the wall in the bathroom was too much for me...I had started to scrape away but when I got to the join of the wall with the ceiling..the wall started to disintegrate and the ceiling was very spongy...so I decided to move focus to cleaning the flat..which I can do...overall...the damage looks bad...but hope it can be fixed and expect it to be arranged by the Letting Agent...considering it happened last year and no further water ingress has happened is reassuring BUT what a shame for that lass to be living with that....if and when I sell the flat I think I will send her some money...had I known it looked like that I would have had the work done then and not now. So..hope the work will happen over the week and another trip down to check it and then hand over the keys to the selling agent...time is ticking on...and if it rains like that again...or if it rains after the sale and exchange...we shall see. I am constantly sniffling and coughing as I have really not had any time off in the last few weeks..and this will not change for another week or so. However...I seemed to be able to drive for longer and be more aware..than ever before...only one stop required each way...impressed but I feel the effects now. I was very distressed on Friday..with the coughing and choking waking me up on a regular basis...I would snap awake in the same bed Frances and I slept in..and facing the same way..with the same sounds and smells of Edinburgh...very unsettling indeed. The city that never sleeps....never mind New York....so many clubs open till early..delivery lorries...folk going to work...there never was a period of time that there was not a commotion outside...I know I am spoiled here but that was intense...definitely time to move on...glad to have been leaving this morning...just came to me...I just want to go home...so I did! Work is full on...I am now working outside in a physically demanding role...3 days a week...often spending extra time at the weekend to prep..which I will sort out as I am aware where that will and is leading. On a positive...community work picking up and challenging...I was nervous!!..which is a good thing...good to be back challenging yourself and doing what you love...the reason I wanted the role...and so I can't complain. Financially up against it....had to spend the cash on tree pruning...considering it would have cost me £150 per telephone line and thee are 5 going through the branches....the £200 was well worth it...what a sight to see the fella work..and now safe and ready for the summer foliage. That will do just now I think.