Saturday, 9 October 2010

More woe.

It's pretty warm today and the back of the house is full of lies, I'm fairly certain there is something dead under the decking - and the odour of rodent will not fade in the kitchen - I just used the oven and I had to leave the room - I'm probably going to have to take the cooker out of the kitchen and strip it down and bleach it - probably outside. I've cleaned every part I can - but it still smells pretty bad when it's warm.

I'm about 85% certain that I'll have to demolish the lean-to kitchen. The damp from next doors drain is causing mildew on the paneling - even with a vent, it's just not working out. The roof is fucked and needs replacing - the windows are shit and have no locks, the whole thing is a farce - I'm quite warm to the idea of a kitchen diner - it will make the house smaller - but I'm not fussed about that - It's not worth anything anyway - I'd be better off torching the fucking thing and chancing my arm with the insurance.

I can't do anything now because I don't have any money - but I'll start drawing up plans, I actually think it will be cheaper in the long run, and I like a big kitchen.

I am supposed to go to a private view later - it's fairly important, but I'm wavering... I get so little time to catch up that I resent having to play politics outside work hours. I'm really short of money and I can't afford to buy drinks so I'll probably give it a miss and make some excuse. I get a lot of grief from friends who think I should get out more... they are probably right - they are more than welcome to fund my private life if the urge takes them.

I have a choice - going out and having a couple of pints - or buying washing powder and toothpaste.

I have started paying for my lunches in Sainsburys with small change - the coin machine tills are ace - an egg sandwich is a quid and I can get that in copper and 5ps - I have about 200 quid in copper and nobody else will take it.

3 comments:

Steerforth said...

I ran out of money halfway through last month and survived on coin machines and trying the pockets of old clothes. It's depressing and humiliating, but I have a peverse pride at getting through it.

Anne said...

It's pretty warm today and the back of the house is full of lies, I'm fairly certain there is something dead under the decking

Wonderful typo there! (Or is it a typo? Better still...) Just found your blog, am enjoying it. Good luck with the finances.

Richard de Pesando MA(RCA) said...

I saw the error earlier and decided to leave it, it was accidently rather poetic. ( I am dyslexic - I put a huge amount of effort into getting it right but I miss loads of stuff and the spell checker just confuses me more!)

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