Goodbye to Chris

Friday 2 May

Woke to rain so stayed in bed for a while then faddled around for a bit.  We now have daily visits from a magpie.  Yep, just the one.  One for sorrow.  But he comes every day so that's an awful lot of sorrow piling up.  Can't wait.

We reassessed the garage and marked out its new place.  I still have major reservations but Chris is sure it'll all be fine.

The day ended with a sighting of 2 magpies together, a little bit of joy on its way then.

Sat 3 May

Although it wasn't really that cold, the North wind continues to blow through all the holes where we should have doors and windows.  After a poor night's sleep, we stayed in bed late and just did some houseworky things until lunchtime then went to Bergerac.  We weren't in the right frame of mind and couldn't decide what to do so we had lunch and looked around a few shops before going home.  We went out for a meal in the evening but it wasn't great fun, I was fed up that Chris was going and his mind was already full of all the things he's going to have to do when he gets back to work.

Sunday 4 May
After a pretty crap night's sleep we got up early to get Chris to the airport.  Lovely day, for a change, and I got home around 12ish after a couple of stopoffs.

I spent a couple of hours doing housework and washing, just to prevaricate.  After lunch I finally got into the garden with my trusty flamethrower and used it for almost 10 seconds before the gas ran out.  Sunday afternoon, everywhere shut.  Oh well, not to be.  So I blitzed the drive with a vicious weedkiller for an hour, jealous of Chris and Kerry all having lunch together.

I decided to take the bull by the horns and start painting the shutters but then I couldn't find the shaped brush I had bought in order to paint the grooves easily.  I decided to get on with it anyway.

Supper was 3 hard boiled eggs and a tin of fish standing up in the kitchen.  The entertainment provided by a couple of birds who flew in and scared the crap out of me.

So tomorrow
1. Take the fuel can to the dechetterie as Chris forgot
2. Buy shaped brush
3. Buy gas for flamethrower
4. Buy bread
5.Take the flamethrower to the potager and throw it around to show it who's boss.
6.Paint 16 remaining shutters   I may be some time

Alcohol-free day, wonder if I can make it 2 in a row.