Friday 10th May

Funny thing but this morning I planned to reseal around the bath, as the old sealant was starting to look a bit off. Now as per acceptable DIY strategy I had been thinking about this for a number of months, so I felt I’d considered most angles and would go ahead. As usual the bit that takes the longest and creates the most mess is getting the old sealant out, but I was pleased to accomplish this without stabbing myself. I managed to get the new sealant down reasonably well, but there was, as there always seems to be, one bit where it wouldn’t settle. As I added more to this bit and smoothed around it I disturbed other bits and like ripples on a pond the imperfections spread. In the end I cut my losses and stopped, if I’d carried on we might have lost the bath.

Took my mother to visit the ailing one at the hospital, and whilst I was there I tried to phone Olympic Holidays on his behalf, as he needs to cancel a booking, and they need to speak to the first named passenger. After nearly 30 minutes listening to their adverts and being told someone would be with me soon I gave up, and instead we sent them an email which got an auto-reply promising a call back from Olympic Holidays. Suffice to say that half a day later we have had no call back, but I’ll let you know what happens.

Mrs P was out for the evening and Jay-Le-Taxi dropped the youngest off out, and then collected him later. In the meantime, between revision sessions the eldest and me watched some TV together which was nice, as we haven’t had much chance to do that recently. Looking out the window this evening the sky was a beautiful pink and purple colour, it’s funny how nature can make you feel small.

Yours in danger of doing something of value.

Jay