Miscellaneous affairs

(Aileen)

Where of where did the summer go? It's been raining much too often for July. I heard on the radio on the way in to work that June registered as the wettest June ever. Ho hum. Italy seems like eons ago.

On the good news front, we finally got some movement on our insurance claims (almost 2 mo after the unfortunate event):
1. The contractor imbeciles scheduled carpentry work for Monday. So I worked from home on Monday. So of course they did not come on Monday. Ho hum.
2. They rescheduled for Wednesday. So Ed works from home on Wed. So they arrive around 11 and bring the wrong size doors. Ho hum. Ed's impression is that they were truly imbecilic (and aren’t cheap), and that any good carpenter would probably make a fortune here in the UK (in case anyone’s looking out for career alternatives)
3. Joy of joys - they come back next Tuesday to complete the work. Ed will get to spend more quality time with them. Ho hum.
4. Content insurance provided an update and our claim has been approved. We’re now having to choose between getting replacement items or cash. After some consideration we’re leaning towards cash. Shopping!

After a nice but short escape from reality a.k.a Italy, Ed and I are back to the daily grind. I’ve been down in Worthing all this week (except Monday – see above) working 12 hour days, staying at a hotel with a pepto-bismal pink coloured blanket (would take a pic except I left my camera at home), and eating way too much room service. Ed’s back in Woking grumbling about the suburban Starbucks employees not having a clue how to make a proper cappuccino. We spend a good portion of the day comparing how sleepy and/or hungry we are. We need to plan our next vacation. Something, anything to keep us sane.