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

[kerravonsen]

{hug}

[kernezelda]

I feel for you with the bad road and the plumbing. I live on a fairly long driveway, too, with twists and turns, so that my home isn't even visible from the road. It's great for privacy, but bad for developing ruts.

IT systems - ack!

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

...this would be very, very, very, very funny if it weren't actually happening, you know?

As it is, *HUGS*

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh plumbing problems, know ALL about that... am sending lots of sympathys and hugs, if (unhappily) absolutely no practical help...

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

((hugs)) Unto each life a bunch of Entropy falls, and generally in clumps. *sympathy*

[hafren.livejournal.com]

Oh bugger.... God never closes one door but he shuts another, as my granny used to say.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Aaargh! I'm sorry, that's just one thing after another! *hugs* I hope things will be sorted out by the time your friend arrives.

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Aargh at the combination of evil stuff all at once. Hope things sort themselves quickly.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

::hugs::

I'm sure you'll do fine with the little girls. There's no one who's less fond of dealing with children than I am, but when it's friends' children, I always muddle through. Children seem to pick up on how their parents feel about one.

I hope it all works out before you know it.

[communicator.livejournal.com]

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

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

I know it must be wearing, but you make it funny in the telling. Hope it all sorts itself out soon.

[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.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Bum. *squeezes* Good luck with everything. Neep.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I was woken by the plumber arriving the other morning. I was a bit surprised, because when the same firm send the joiner they ring at least once first to make sure I'm awake/at home. But he just rang the doorbell, and seemed surprised that I was surprised. I vaguely knew he'd be coming some time or other, because the joiner came and did several jobs last week and said he thought I should have the plumber to fix the last thing. And that reminds me I still haven't rung the contact number he gave me for the bloke who might replace the rotten windowframes while preserving the original leaded windows.

Anyway, never mind all that, I hope the plumber makes his way in eventually, and when you're expecting him, and that the little girls turn to to be fun.

[daiseechain.livejournal.com]

Erg. Housing issues. Plumbing issues. They're never any fun. Why do they say you can't drive on the next 3 days? Is it because it's too damp for the tar to dry?

Still, at the end of it, you should have a shiny new driveway! Hope it all gets sorted out soon.

[trixieleitz]

Eep, that all sounds dreadful :(

Me, I'd be most nervous about the impending child-visitors [looks around room], because then I'd have to tidy.