Monday, 1.45 p.m. I had an email reminding me that my car insurance was due to expire in four weeks' time. I doesn't seem like a year since I set up my car insurance, but nevertheless, I had a look at the quotes on offer and went with A.A. insurance (Automobile Association and not Alcoholics Anonymous. Well, you knew that, but it was worth the joke if that's what you call it.) All are set up via their website, the deposit is paid, and Direct Debit is set up.
3.55 p.m. There are still quite a few boxes left over from when I moved to Dexter House. Much of it is stacked up in my bedroom and I have never got round to disposing of it. I should point out that they are not merely boxes with nothing in them. I have sorted through several of them and found things which I had lost or forgotten about, such as a cheque book (who actually uses a cheque book these days? ) and the remote for my Goodmans soundbar, which I replaced when it couldn't be found.)But this morning I decided it was about time it was removed. You have to book your space at the Bleak Hall Tidy Tip (there is another on the other side of Milton Keynes, but the Bleak Hall one is the closest. Before the pandemic, you could just turn up, park your vehicle and then throw your rubbish into the relevant skip. I can see the advantage of this, so that you know you will get a slot and, hopefully, avoid queuing. So this morning I have begun the process of sorting what I'm going to take. I have gone on the Milton Keynes Council website and booked a slot for 10.30 tomorrow morning.
Wednesday. 10.40 a.m. I thought the slot I had booked at the tidy-tip was 10.30 a.m. It was just as well I checked the email as it was actually 9.30 a.m. I had the stuff piled into the car and drove to the tidy tip (actually referred to as a Household Waste Recycling Centre or H.W.R.C.) in Bleak Hall. I was there a good ten minutes ahead of the time I was booked in, but I didn't have to wait, and the car was unloaded within five minutes and I was driving out, really pleased that the job I had been resisting doing was now complete. There are a few bits and pieces which remain, but they can wait for another time and some bits shouldn't need to be taken to the tidy tip.
Thursday. 6.25 a.m. A really fine, bright and sunny morning. What more can I say? My digital thermometer currently reads 82ºF at the moment. Really crazy. If it's that temperature this early, how much hotter is it likely to get.
I have now managed to transcribe all my writing and the word count is well over 30,000. I will leave writing for a while and come back to it in a couple of weeks.
12.40 p.m. I've been to the Oaktree Centre to help set up the playgroup. It has been exceptionally warm, which made things worse. In the middle of setting up and dismantling things I was involved in a Bible study.
I drove home and then, when I walked in through the front door I was told that I had been visited by someone about having my kitchen upgraded. Crazy to merely turn up without being warned. I have email, text etc. or they could have rung me up or sent me a letter. Surely they could have let me know in advance. I will get a telephone call to arrange another visit. I do hope so, as the kitchen is really looking shabby, particularly the floor, as there are a few tiles loose which are a trip hazard.
Temperature in the flat currently 84ºF. Really too hot.
2.55 a.m. Crazy, this. I've had a letter from the company, Mears who are contracted to upgrade the kitchens and bathrooms in all the flats in Dexter House. It's about that very topic, upgrading my bathroom. I had to ring the number in the letter, but I have to ring back tomorrow morning, as the lady who organizes this work finishes at 3 p.m. on a Thursday. That's life for you!
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