It’s safe to say that I’m 100% over this year. I can take lockdowns and social distancing and masks, but when my world starts breaking around me that’s definitely pushing the edges of my limit. So far in the last month I’ve had to fork out for a new boiler, then sit in the freezing cold all weekend just gone when it started raining from said boiler on Saturday morning and it had to be left off until the could come and fit a new, longer flue on Monday and dry out all its innards with my hairdryer (which also necessitated all my dishes being elsewhere in the kitchen because they normally live on the shelves next to the boiler that had to come down until it was fixed). Then I had to pay someone to clear out all my gutters in case that was causing the rain in the boiler (as opposed to the gale force winds which were actually blowing the rain inside) and I also had to cough up a small fortune to the garage after the police pulled me over for a brake light being out and then found a couple of other bulbs out, which had shorted a fuse and broken some wiring. Of course these are the things that happen just after you’ve bought other things, like a new desk setup so that you aren’t twisted up like a pretzel trying to work. The old desk also refused to be dismantled easily, so we went to war on Friday night, and then my RSI objected to all the screws on the new desk setup on Saturday. I promise I will not whine again this year as I find my inner zen…
Finishes This Week:
Here’s my shiny new desk setup, the only make I finished this week:
In Progress This Week:
Eh, my self pity?
To Be Worked On This Week:
- This weekend I shall mostly be day-jobbing
- I may or may not get to make some more ombre blocks, I’m not holding my breath though!
Hope you all have a fabulous week!
Hey Katy,
I’ve never been one for Americanisms, but never had the phrase “that sucks” seemed more apt. Why is it always you have to shell out after you’ve shelled out for something? When things like this happen I try to regroup by saying to myself “at least that’s done”, which offers a small amount of comfort even if I’m still totally p***ed off!
The work station is looking good, everything to hand. I’m redesigning my back bedroom at the minute, it’s a craft room, store room for the stuff that doesn’t fit in other rooms due to me needing a 1m gangway for the chair and a spare bedroom for when I need extra help. Chaos is an understatement so as I have friends/ family in various trades I’m designing built in storage, making spaces with a rise and fall desk and a small ‘workshop’ area for anything that requires tools, oil etc Speaking of tools, I use a 90° ratchet screwdriver with changeable heads to compensate for the state of my wrists. My regular screwdrivers are great for the machines but for putting together furniture you can’t beat a 90° ratchet driver . Not expensive, £7-10 for a cheap one from the usual multi item sellers. A brilliant alternative if twisting your wrist is like to cause lasting pain.
I hope your run of iffy luck is at an end. I don’t mind lockdown at all either, so I hope things go on the up & up now.
T x
Whine away! We can all commiserate this year The desk look good though.