My friends and family back in the UK are getting more sun than we are at the moment, admittedly colder but being sunny does make you feel a lot better.
We were getting a slight leak from the right hand sink unit and Tricia just put a bowl under it and emptied every other day. Now this is what we would do when we were back in the house until it got so bad that I would fix it. Mainly because getting to the back of the sink and tightening taps etc. was a real hassle. So when we were in a local bazaar the other day I didn't think twice when she suggested a larger permanent container for the drip. Well the drip grew up and now we have running water where we shouldn't.
Here's the thing, it's a pop to fix these things in a motorhome/caravan whatever because 1. they are plastic not copper and unscrew easily and 2. move the pans underneath and it's there right in front of you! Unscrew, bit of leak stopper, screw back and that's it, job done and it is.
She's washing again, which means I have to drag my sorry arse up and down to the dump station, at the toilet block, time and time again. Funny thing is I very rarely see anyone else doing it. I mean, I've got this waste hog thingy and it takes about 50 litres of “stuff”, which is usually just ex washing water out of the twin tub. Now most everybody else have these tiny cartridge affairs which I guess takes both the black and the grey water, not many washing up bowls and the odd pee and they will be full! They should be a steady procession of them queuing up to use the dump!
Not very often, because we tend to use the toilet block, I empty the black tank. Now after my recent ramblings about our various illnesses, I'm not looking forward to doing it, maybe the dead of night with a clothes peg strongly attached to my nose. In fact that probably is when they do theirs, who nose (pun)?
The Swan's are booked and coming at the end of the month so we need a few extra bits, two chairs as our other two chairs had an unexpected end to life. I had loaded them into the front hold and promptly forgot to lock it, drove off and clang and crunch. It's amazing what a 3.5 ton, twin axle monster will do to two innocent aluminium chairs when it gets amongst them. Suffice to say they were not recognisable as chairs anymore. Tried my damnedest to blame SWMBO, but other than “You were talking to me and put me off my stroke”, I had to hold my hands up to that one.
Upside, or downside from my point of view, she goes shopping again.
BTW, this free Open Office, replacement for Windows word is very good (free innit?) you cannot get it to auto correct/spell in English English, it has to be American English so if you see an odd z where should be a s, it's not my fault.
Most days now start with overcast and then, depending on the strength of Maria, are sunny and warm but not quite BBQ weather yet and that's what I'm really looking for, hopefully we will get some when the Swan's are here. SWMBO has already put together a full plan for the few days they are here, including which restaurants to visit, Almeria, The Castle, the shops etc. so I just hope the weather is good.
Ludo, a game of champions isn't it? What an exciting game we had last night I can tell you. You see, on an intellectual level it's just above what SWMBO can actually handle comfortably, so it's always a challenge to her, you know you throw the die and move your counters. But lately she has been actually THINKING about it. i.e. throwing a six an not bringing out one of her counters, waiting for me to pass in the hope of getting another six and pouncing on me! I knew, last night, how involved she was getting when see started swearing a lot and threatened to “Throw you and that %^$£%&^ board out the ^&&^^%%$ door!” when she lost again. Still, keeps her happy, bless.
Still tuesday and it's 3pm and the sun is blazing down, blue sky, SWMBO in her cossy and I'm indoors making leek and potato soup? I'm thinking something is not right here somehow?
Then for a walk to Roquetas to visit the bazaar and get some stuff 'cos it's competitively priced in there, a soldering iron for €2.50, I should get two.
Weather's picking up, big time!
Because we are getting visitors at the end of the month SWMBO has decided that we should find suitable cafes in the town to take them to. So today, Wednesday we have to cycle along the beach, in the sun, cycle into the town, in this hot sun, go from cafe to cafe, in the sun, sample the coffee and cakes, in the sun, all day! Until we find the right ones and then cycle back in the windless hot weather back along the beach, in the sun and then when we get back we will probably have a lie out in the sun on our loungers. Did I mention that's it's sunny out here?
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