5 OS pleasures in your day today - part 3

mhagster

What a day! 

Started off with beautiful sunshine.
Started work on new script.

Then my day imploded with a call from solicitor to say my sale had fallen through. I’m supposed to be in a new house next week. Not happening. Anyway I’ve done upset, I’ve done adrenaline rush. I’ve done…and I’m done in! There’s nothing I can do to change what has happened. It’s been a day of phone calls from solicitors/ estate agents. I’ve had to cancel cleaner/ removal services. 

The support from friends/family and even the solicitor has been lovely. 

Sat and wrote the rest of my script and sent that off. Just received lovely feedback. 

Went to supermarket for chocolate and also bought RTC flowers. Now I don’t have any spare vases as they are all packed ( I’m literally 85% packed) was going to buy one but it was £6 and not that nice and I thought nah! Then noticed they had toilet brush holders for £2.50 and remembered there’s an unused one in the main bathroom at home. I do not like them! So I chucked the brush , soaked the holder in bleach and rinsed well and plonked my flowers in it! ( it’s not been used!) 

friend picked me up and we went out for Tuesday tea. Came home and DD2 had been in and left flowers in a vase and some chocolate…vase was a real one made of glass😆

More phone calls and texts and I’m just utterly exhausted! 

So hoping I sleep. I have work in the morning. 

Tomorrow is another day.

Happycas

Oh.Mhagster.  That's dreadful news. I can't think of anything helpful to say.  Thinking of you and hoping things can be resolved quickly.  Many hugs xx

weenancyinAmerica

@Mhagster - oh dear - lots of hugs. Hope a new buyer for the process comes around soon. I don't quite understand these chain things - we don't have that happen here - I  don't think. Maybe we do - but my father bought a new house both times - and I am still in the second having inherited it. I have no idea what would be involved in selling a house here! I will probably still be here when I die and my sisters will have to figure it out.

LaineyT

So sorry to hear that Mhags, not just a pain practically but know in your heart you had more than already moved in, chocolate and flowers need to be on constant supply x

For yesterday,

Rain rain go away has never been truer, enough now.

Busy morning chores wise, we may or may not have some overnight visitors at the weekend so am preparing for the may version.

Just me and doggo for lunch, made big bowl of salad but with warm croutons.

At the yard and lovely farrier did girlie’s feet, he remarked on the growth spurt especially on the front but all ok. 

Spicy chicken couscous for tea, no cricket to watch so caught up on HIGNFY and then fell asleep on sofa!

Purple_kitten

Oh no Mhags, feeling for you. Only hoping there's an even better option out there.

1 The interview went well, but my gut feeling is I was maybe a token external candidate to say the process was done. I hope not, but we’ll see, at least we don’t “need” it so to speak.

2 Two vet visits in one day, steroids for one and antibiotics for the other, they are enjoying being special.

3 Leftovers from the van for tea, I wanted to know what marmite and cheese sausages were like, and we teamed it with cheesy potatoes, it was unusual, curiosity satisfied.

4 In a weird way I’m kind of looking forward to surgery next week as I’m not feeling too well now, but need to check food preps.

mhagster

Let me find some pleasures 

Up early and glad to get up after a rubbish sleep. 

I had work this morning which went well.

I switch my phone off when I’m working so when I switched it back on there was a missed call from solicitor 

my seller has agreed to keep their house for me on condition that I was back up for sale by this afternoon. I am back up for sale.

I have 40 boxes packed in my living room. They are going into storage tomorrow afternoon. 

Back and forth putting bubble wrapped pictures in the garage. 

Phone call from sister and friends
Chatted to DD1

Sun came out

Pup here . I was expecting him to go his walk at normal time so took H out when I got back from work just for a quick wee …left door ajar and out popped a Pup! Oh hello! He went his walk in the afternoon. 

Went a wee walk with a friend and her pups. 

Went and got chips for tea and met old boss so chatted to her. 

Home! Sigh! DD2 picked up a pup.

chatted to neighbours.

walked round to see mums NDN and had a lovely evening there. 

Walking home and met friend and her daughter so nice hug from them! 

Lovely flowers in the gardens . Lovely sunset .

listening to the blackbirds singing 


There is nothing I can do. Someone has made a very selfish decision that has impacted on four other sets of families who were supposed to move next week. I can’t change what’s happening and just have to move forwards. 

It’s very crappy but I’ve been through worse than this and came out the other side! Onwards. 

I think tomorrow when boxes go I will feel slightly better. A sense of space again. 

Highdays

Oh, mhagster, so sorry to hear this at such a late stage in the proceedings, but your seller sounds a very fair person and you are in with a fighting chance so everything crossed for you...

Some pleasures:

1) Not a pleasure that a very nasty insect bite on my neck from the weekend has now resulted in two lots of antibiotics and some strong antihistamines and instructions to ring for an ambulance immediately if I start to struggle breathing. Eek!!! The cocktail of drugs is making me feel very unwell, the pleasure being I was seen very, very quickly - thank you, NHS, 

2) Nowhere I need to be and nothing urgently needs doing so sleeping the afternoon away didn't get in the way of anything.

3) Same tomorrow, a quiet day and I can just take it as it comes. They said I should start to feel a bit better within 72 hours so no option but to give in to it for a bit and look forward to being better.

4) I am normally a total control freak and bossy with it (!) so there is pleasure in knowing that others can, and have, stepped up to the plate and sorted major stuff very efficiently and with no fuss.

5) There are some lovely, caring people in this world, some of whom have taken wonderful care of me today,

Night night.

Happycas

Good morning.  Drizzly but was good yesterday so mustn't grumble!

Crikey Highdays. The evil insect bite sounds as if you've been to the deepest darkest jungle, not Legoland!! I hope the drugs see it off soon.

Mhagster - thankfully sounds as if a solution is possible.  But, oh......It's so hard to keep picking yourself up and starting over again.

Well, my yesterday was all about the mouse.

Saw a tiny mouse sitting in the middle of the garden path.  Went out to look and it didn't move but it was breathing so I got it some water.  In an upturned plastic box lid because it was too little to reach up to a dish. 

Took it a biscuit.  Put half in the water in case the biscuit was too hard.  Mouse drank some water.

Put a box over it ( Thank you Amazon) in case of cats.  Propped the box up at one corner so it could get out.

Nothing happened for ages and then it came out of the box.  Just a few steps and went back in.  Then a wind flurry blew the box away!

So I moved mouse, water and biscuit to a jungly bit of the flower border.

And I daren't go out now to see if he's ok!

So that was my day

Happy Thursday everyone

LaineyT

For yesterday,

Cycled down to the village and met a friend for an early coffee at the cafe in the garden centre, treated myself to a small houseplant and pot for the landing windowsill.

Time spent in garden, cut up four old plastic bottles to make cheap cloches for my courgette plants which are suffering from the attention of molluscs. Also put in some supports for the alliums and a general potter.

Lunch with Capt S.

At the yard, the weather was much nicer than forecasted so girlie stood dozing in the sunshine while I did a good tidy up of her legs, mane and tail.

A few games of Yahtzee then we read our books until bedtime, when unfortunately it all went downhill as have been up all night with small dog who has an upset tum, got a couple of hours around 4am on sofa so don’t think today will be very productive!

mhagster

Hello. For today 

much better sleep so that made a difference. Still up early. Sun was shining and reflecting on glass drawer handles and making rainbows on my wall. 

Up and at ‘em. First load of washing on at 6am.Bed stripped. Bathrooms cleaned. Upstairs hoovered. The plastic tub boxes containing paperwork etc moved off my bedroom floor and into an empty wardrobe. Cleaned kitchen. 

Went in to town to meet friend. Big hugs much chatter and laughter…oh and a very horrible scone that was at least three days old… the girls answer was to toast it…er no thanks! That and the dirty glass! Hmmm…won’t be back! 

Phone call from removal company…guys are nearly at your house…well I’m not! I’m returning a horrible scone! And they’re an hour and half early! So they came at correct time. Three nice chaps who made the very heavy boxes look light! 40 boxes loaded in less than 15 minutes. 

Cut the grass.

Hoovered. Put rugs back down on floors. Dog is so happy. I feel for first time in weeks that my house is tidy! I feel lighter of spirit.

Popped up to friend to drop something off to her and to borrow 2 vases. Went to supermarket got a bunch of  RTC flowers then 2 bunches of tulips and feel more like me again having flowers.

Was just back when another friend and her doggy popped round so we sat in the garden.

Phoned sister.

Remade bed. Will be ready for it tonight.

Had lasagna for tea. 

Brought my lovely duck egg blue chair and footstool down from my office. So can now sit in the lounge again ( was home to all the boxes) 

Nice messages from friends checking in with me. A dog happy with rugs to lie on ( especially in the sun puddles) birds in the garden. First blooming foxgloves. Bees on the alium. The ability to be grateful…I’m grateful that I have it! 

Onwards !