I was more organised this morning and managed to have breakfast and tidy the house, walk Tot (even though she was frightened of the binmen and had to be pulled) all before going to keep fit.
I only stayed for a quick coffee as I needed to buy bread and had to get back and have a shower as I was taking Les out for lunch for her birthday.
When I got back there was a message about collecting some books but I will call it later as I need to make lunch for J & H and then go.
I went to meet Les at her house and she told me it was number 20 Ranch Road. When I got there I couldn't find a number 20 so I called her and she said it is near one of the speed bumps but said she would come out to the street to see me. I was just turning round when she phoned and said 'Oops sorry it is number 60'! Her daugher lives at number 20 but a completely different street. A very senior moment I think.
We went down to the Mount and chose a nice place on the front and had a good lunch with a glass of wine and had a good chat for about three hours before I took her home.
I then went home and went to the PO on the way. When I got back I rang the lady about the books and I also rang one of the Lions ladies who is in charge of fundraising to pass on a message. She told me we had some bad news about the book sale. We have been using two unoccupied shops in a shopping centre but the centre manager called her today to say that someone wants to rent one of them to make it into a gym and they want it by 28. She thought it would still be OK for our book sale as it is on 26/27 November but then he told her he wants it on 28 October!!!! This means all the thousands of books we have so carefully sorted and set out on tables in alphabetical order will now have to be moved. He has offered us a smaller shop which is very good of him but it is going to mean such a lot of work to move them all. Never mind we will just have to get stuck in.
I took Tot out and when I got back phoned Alison who had left a message earlier, she had wanted me to go over for a cup of tea but it was now a bit late. The builder and surveyor were coming to do the work at 5.00.
They did arrive and with one of the estate agents and to cut a long story short they were here till gone 7.00 and have made a hole in Heathers room and taken the skirting board off and he has taken the glass panels off the shower in the en suite. We have to have a dehumidifyer on in there for 24 hours and hopefully he can come and re fit it tomorrow. Then the dehumidifyer will need to go in Heather's room to dry that patch. He will need to dig a trench outside Heather's room to find where the crack is and then seal it but he can do that at the weekend when we are away.
Jon came home in the middle of all this and was hot from the gym and not impressed!
The agent told me they are trying to get us out and the people who looked around on Saturday are very interested if the damp is fixed. She thinks I am stupid and I told her they are not trying to get us out that Seleena would now want us out if it is sold and I told her I was not going to clap and thank her as she was only doing what SHE wanted and when she wanted so not to expect me to be grateful.
We have now started to look for houses as the lease we have says we only have to give her three weeks notice. We are not sure if she realises we have nothing signed and it was all done verbally and the only lease, which is now out of date, is the initial one the company signed three years ago for a period of 6 months.
We had a late dinner and I needed a glass of wine tonight. Hopefully the dehumidyfyer will not make too much noise!!
WEATHER
Heavy showers on and off all day 17 degrees
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