Dec
23
Woke up late today. I am meant to be removing paint from the <something> that goes around the gutters of mum’s house. I know it has a name, because when I tell someone what I am talking about they say, “Oh yes, you mean the <something>”. I just can’t remember what it is.
Anyway, it’s got paint on it and I am the pleb who is going to remove (most) of it. So here I am, decked out in:
- Safety Glasses
- Cap (backwards)
- Safetly Boots (I still don’t have any normal shoes!)
- Leather Gloves
- Face Mask
- Old Clothes
All I need now is a rifle and I could begin the urban assault course. Well, this steel brush will have to do. I could gut you like a fish with this brush! and I wouldn’t want to be you when I have finished, sigh. I need to get out more.
Right, two hours later and I’m stuffed, sunburnt and regretting saying I would do this job. I must have cleaned 3-4 metres of <something> in this time and the house MUST be at least a kilometre all the way around the edges. Okay, not a WHOLE kilometre, but the best part of one if you were going to have to scrub the paint off the (argh!!!!) <something> by hand.
After that little sortie into the bizarre, I went shopping. I even bought some stuff! Food, mostly. Stuff I can leave in the fridge and eat at a later date as well! Ok, it was chocolate and Chicken Press BUT IT’S A START.
Had a little rest and then went back to the mines… house, to do some more scrubbing. Who said men were stupid? Yeah, in this case I’ll agree. Scrubb. Scrape. Sweat. Pant. (Pant?) Scrubb. Scrubb. YAY, another 4 metres. Just think, in a few years the whole house will be done.
Later I took Mum out to dinner, ‘cos she was pissed at work for not giving her lots of money to pay for the repairs to the house (the scrubbing is a preparation step, apparently). My treat! Also because I didn’t have enough money (Curse this day) to get her a present (Well, the one she wanted). So we went to a cafe and had a nice dinner.
Slept real good for some reason. Don’t think I like this working for a living idea. It’s far too much hassle.