Busy Busy ...

I am very busy with paid work at the moment … So busy in fact that yesterday in the silence of the much needed pouring rain

I did 3 loads of washing

I ironed 6 of FSHubby's work shirts + 2 pairs of pants & 3 blouses

I bought new flowers & spent ages arranging them

I cleaned a mirror

I face-timed my sister & called my mother

I searched online & found a pearl anniversary present for my folks' 30th wedding anniversary

I raised the first half invoice for all this "hard work" & printed & signed & scanned & sent it

I did an online supermarket shop

I called my energy supplier to challenge my direct debit (will be paying £60 a month LESS from September – result!)

I wiped down the kitchen surfaces & emptied the bins (even tho’ my lovely cleaners are now here)

I finally called the wasp nest man (£35 and got 2 nests destroyed. Should’ve called him last week)

I played an online scratchcard & won £30 (yey!) then bought a euro millions ticket with my winnings & won £9.60 then lost £3. Boo

I read the Daily Mail online ... oh dear oh dear

I updated the “running away” spreadsheet

I went on LinkedIn

And today I am writing this blogpost!!

 

But bizarrely as the lovely cleaners are now here hoovering & chatting away in Portuguese (they are Brazilian) and are polishing & doing, with all that background kerfuffle I have managed to actually do quite a bit of actual work this morning. Go figure!

Enough Already!

OK OK. Summer. I get it. Hot weather. Well done. Good for you, however you are now simply showing off & have stayed far too long this year. Hoo-Blooming-Rah for wall to wall sunshine & impossibly sunny days. We are now into the third week of the temperature in the FauxSurrey garden registering OVER 30 degrees Celsius. But in the FauxSurreyConservatory it has been almost 45 degrees which is utterly ridiculous.

It's not funny any more. The joke is now over; it was the hottest day on record or something stupid today. The trains are disgusting, the roads are melting, the flowers are wilting, the KC is being super naughty and staying out late in the relative cool of the night time - up to 4 hours past her normal bedtime! - and any shred of tolerance of others I may have possessed has been utterly destroyed.

What is it about this weather that makes people think they can be outside & make ridiculous, unnecessary amounts of noise? We all have our doors & windows open you know!! And some of us (clearly foolishly) are trying hard to work from home. On top of the omnipresent 'Chessington-World-of-shouting-&-water-adventures-theme-park' we now have other neighbours' teenagers cranking up the stereo - maybe they are trying to get rid of some moles ... the ear splitting thud thud thudding of crap bass would suggest as much.



 

What do we want? Torrential rain & a serious drop in temperature & possibly a power cut

When do we want it? NOW!!! PLEASE ......

3D Delight

Here at the FauxSurrey homestead we have a number of questionably useful gadgets (like most households; such as a deep fat fryer, a veg steamer, a mushroom brush, a hand held vacuum etc) but one of the 'gadgets' I rolled my eyes at when it was purchased came into its own this weekend.

FauxSurreyHubby decided when we bought our new TV not so long ago that not only did we need HD, 3D would also be good. 3D? Why? There have been  a whopping total of TWO 3D broadcasts since we bought it (The Queen's Christmas Speech & Mr Stink I think) but this weekend the BBC in their wisdom decided to show the Wimbledon finals in glorious 3D. WOW!!

FSHubby & the teens & I ducked as the ball came lobbing towards us; we flinched as a racquet looked like it would take our eye out; we gasped at the hawk eye wrong calls; we marvelled at the amazing clarity & depth of focus & we screeched & whooped & yelled when a 3D Andy Murray finally held the trophy aloft after beating Djokovic in 3 straight (but not easy!) sets, the first Brit to win Wimbledon in 77 years! HURRAH! A real 3D delight.

Hyp-NO-therapy

Ref the last post & my attempt to deal with my overreaction to the normal everyday noise that surrounds us.

I have my 2^nd hypnotherapy session tomorrow & I have been a very bad patient (? Client? what am I?) I have not had a chance to find an hour in the day to do nothing at all & listen to my deep relaxation guided meditation CD. I have had calls to make, tradesmen at the door, FSHubby was here one day (all day ...!), trips to make - just not had time!

So, I thought I had better do it now. OK here we go. Found CD & instructions & all looked good. The KC was outside snoozing & the world was vaguely peaceful.

I went upstairs as I wanted to lie down to do said deep relaxation but first had to find a CD player that worked. After much faffing the one in FS-Stepsons room was excellent. Window open, gentle breeze. Perfect. So I lay down & put the CD on ... but within 5 minutes  …. SCREAM .. YELL .. BANG ... kids playing noisily in next doors back garden - exactly the thing I am trying to deal with!! Blood pressure is now rising...! Close window but to no avail - I am now conscious of it so can hear it through closed double glazed windows. Yup THAT loud.

So shift to FS-Stepdaughters room at the front of the house. However CD player old & temperamental in her room & it takes me 5 goes to get the CD working. As I lay down again I realised I needed the loo .. so off I went but kept CD going  as I didn’t want to risk it not starting again .. missed some initial relax-y bits but hey.

Back in front bedroom, close windows & curtains & door & lie down – listen to the soothing voice telling me to feel the soles of my feet relax, to imagine the relaxation as a colour gently rising through my legs  … I start deep breathing .... when suddenly there is an almighty  CRUNCH of gravel from outside & car doors slam & there are more screeching kids & shouting people!! FOR GOODNESS SAKE!

That all eventually calms down & some semblance of silence is achieved & I start to get into it. After about 15 minutes I am now at shallow breathing & feeling pretty relaxed when suddenly the door opens & the KC jumps on me!!  Unsurprisingly I jump too .. then she cuddles & snuggles up & starts purring .. OK all's good I can do this with her on the bed with me …then she starts to fidget & clean herself using my left leg as a balance. Fine. I can cope with that too.

 

THEN she starts to do that fur-ball noise thing & THEN she jumps off the bed & vomits … CD goes off, the rubber gloves go on, the carpet gets cleaned & the KC gets cuddled. I saw her drink from our water feature earlier & now I am worried that the special stuff I put in it recently to keep it clear is not good for her (it says on  the bottle it’s fine for animals but the KC is somewhat sensitive).  She’s now back on the bed sleeping. Poor baby!!

I give in. Am going to go watch Wimbledon for half an hour now and maybe try again later L
  
Relaxed? Moi? I wonder if I actually can relax!