renos, and a birthday
June 6, 2009
As per usual, it’s been a busy week. I’ve managed to catch the first flu bug of the season, according to my doctor. It’s a bit different to the usual flu – it basically inflames the eustachian tube in the ear, causing it to hurt. Plus there’s the usual aches and pains, tiredness, swollen glands, etc. I must confess it’s pretty manageable as a bug, so I shouldn’t complain too much.
That said, I wasn’t delighted that I was sick again. SO and I had the following exchange on the way to work:
SO: What’s wrong baby?
Me: Ugh, I’m sick again!! I feel like I’m sick all the time.
SO (patting my knee consolingly): That’s because you are, baby.
It wasn’t funny at the time, but I can see the humour in it now.
The renos are going reasonably well. The bathroom tiling is finished, and it looks good. We’re both happy with it, although it’s taken longer than we’d been told. But as I said to SO, you have to expect both time and money blowouts with renos, and three extra days isn’t a huge amount in the scheme of things. Next we need to get the cabinetmaker in to measure up for the bathroom cabinet. I personally can’t wait until there’s a toilet in there again, it makes spending all day there so much easier.
It’s SO’s dad’s birthday tomorrow. We’re having him and SO’s stepmum over for a cooked breakfast. I’ve also taken it upon myself to make his favourite thing, date loaf. I haven’t made it in ages (probably years) but I suddenly remembered today how much he liked it, so I thought I’d make it for him. He’s done a huge amount for us with renovating both the current and previous projects, and he hasn’t been very well lately. It seems his chronic fatigue has come back with a vengeance, poor thing. That said, he’s still doing a lot of stuff to help us out, which we appreciate even while it makes us feel guilty. So yes, tomorrow we’ll be having bacon, eggs, lightly fried mushrooms, grilled tomatoes, then french toast and pikelets for ‘dessert’. It’ll be the works, and no one will need lunch. 
