Mostly bad

[vilakins]

Good: We live down a long driveway which we share with three other houses. It's lovely being that far back from a very busy road because it's relatively quiet and peaceful in the trees and the cats are safe.

Bad: The driveway has huge potholes. And the people we all booked to reseal it at some point during the last three sunny and dry weeks didn't.

Good: They showed up this week.

Bad: When it was raining.

Worse: And promptly cut into the neighbours' water main.

Bad: The foreman was ill yesterday so they didn't work.

Worrying: We have to park on a very busy road for several days, or down the hill in a quiet cul-de-sac and walk up an alleyway in the dark which I'm not prepared to do.

Good: A friend from Australia is coming to stay at the end of next week.

Bad: She's bringing her two little girls which is scaring the hell out of me.

Also bad: The taps in the guest bathroom don't work properly. You have to make 3 or 4 complete turns, then the bastards gush on so hard, water goes everywhere.

Good: I found a local plumber who said he can come tomorrow.

Bad: He can't, because our driveway is up.

I'm not even going to tell you about the crap new system management forced IT to put in at work. Sigh. I want something to go right.

Comments

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about your friend, at the very least she'll be so pleased the chaos isn't in her house that she'll rally round and help sort things for you. And she'll have something to talk about when she goes home, it can be so boring going away and all you do is sit, eat and sleep.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Oh, there's heaps to do here; they'll hardly be home. But they have a beautiful house and ours needs renovation so I feel a bit anxious.

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

Then they'll enjoy the opportunity to relax and not have to keep everything just so.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! You're very reassuring. :-)