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I'm not happy.
Yesterday I resealed my bath. Obviously it was more difficult than it looked. DIY stuff always is. My major error was cutting the nozzle on the tube of sealant to the middle setting rather than using the smallest one. In hindsight I should have tried using the smallest setting first and then adjusting it later. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. The excess sealant means that it now looks messy. Where there was previously a nice straight, narrow line, there is now a wonky, splodgy line. When I'd finished it I sat on the bathroom floor and sobbed. This morning I felt a bit better about it. The sealant looks messy but at least it looks like the bath has been sealed effectively and won't be flooding the flat downstairs. Additionally, it looks nice and white rather than black and mouldy. Some of the sealant behind the taps was previously mouldy all the way through. Finally it's not like it's permanent. In a year or so it will have gone mouldy and will need replacing again. I can either do a better job next time or get a professional in to do it. It's not the end of the world by a long way. The whole DIY thing gets on my nerves a bit. Sometimes I wish I could afford to pay someone to do these types of jobs. Other times I think that I <i>should</i> be able to do these little things myself. I am an independent woman. I need to be self sufficient to some extent. I'd never attempt anything complicated or potentially dangerous (like plumbing for example) but I should be able to cope with a bit of light decorating. Oh well, it's done now.
I'm also unhappy because I've missed out on piano lessons this term. I went to open evening at the College on Monday because I had some queries about the course. When I spoke to the tutor there were still six places left on the course. I went away to think about it and by the time I attempted to book on Thursday night it was full. Now I'm going to have to wait until January. I'm going to be sooooo bored this term. All my friends are really busy or have moved to Watford (only one friend has moved to Watford, it's not a mass exodus or anything!) What am I going to do with myself?
Finally, I'm a bit fed up with Nationwide building society. They keep sending me letters telling me that my mortgage deal is going to expire on 31st October 2009 and urging me to phone the branch to make an appointment to discuss it with someone. I've failed to get through to them on the phone several times and no one answered so I went in on Saturday morning to try and make an appointment in person. When I asked the assistant she told me that they no longer have mortgage advisors in branch and I need to speak to the call centre. I don't want to speak to the call centre. I want to have a face to face meeting with a human being. I had several meetings at that same branch when I originally got my mortgage and they were great. It makes me want to move my mortgage but if I did that I'd have to pay a £1000 early repayment charge and there's no saying that another lender would be any more helpful thatn Nationwide. Argh!
On a more positive note, I've been looking at B&Bs in Nottinghamshire with mum in preparation for our short break at half term. We're going to do some family history stuff in Bottesford (near Belvoir Castle) and hopefully explore the area a bit.
I watched the final episode of ER last night. I've never been an ER fan as I don't cope very well with blood, gore and death but I can appreciate that it was ground breaking TV. I watched a few episodes of the final series and I thought it was done very well. It was great that they managed to get many former cast members to return for odd episodes (even one whose character died on screen!) I hate it when important former characters are forgotten in shows (like when peoples relatives fail to attend their weddings in soaps). It was also nice to see the very beautiful Parminder Nagra as leading lady of the final season flying the flag for us Brits (and Thandie Newton and Alex Kingston in the final show).
Oooh, and I bought clothes today. I got a winter coat for the bargainous price of £35, a black sweater dress reduced to £12 and a grey cardie for work for £15 all in New Look. I'm going to buy a couple of V necked jumpers in Dorothy Perkins then my winter work wardobe should be sorted.
Yesterday I resealed my bath. Obviously it was more difficult than it looked. DIY stuff always is. My major error was cutting the nozzle on the tube of sealant to the middle setting rather than using the smallest one. In hindsight I should have tried using the smallest setting first and then adjusting it later. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. The excess sealant means that it now looks messy. Where there was previously a nice straight, narrow line, there is now a wonky, splodgy line. When I'd finished it I sat on the bathroom floor and sobbed. This morning I felt a bit better about it. The sealant looks messy but at least it looks like the bath has been sealed effectively and won't be flooding the flat downstairs. Additionally, it looks nice and white rather than black and mouldy. Some of the sealant behind the taps was previously mouldy all the way through. Finally it's not like it's permanent. In a year or so it will have gone mouldy and will need replacing again. I can either do a better job next time or get a professional in to do it. It's not the end of the world by a long way. The whole DIY thing gets on my nerves a bit. Sometimes I wish I could afford to pay someone to do these types of jobs. Other times I think that I <i>should</i> be able to do these little things myself. I am an independent woman. I need to be self sufficient to some extent. I'd never attempt anything complicated or potentially dangerous (like plumbing for example) but I should be able to cope with a bit of light decorating. Oh well, it's done now.
I'm also unhappy because I've missed out on piano lessons this term. I went to open evening at the College on Monday because I had some queries about the course. When I spoke to the tutor there were still six places left on the course. I went away to think about it and by the time I attempted to book on Thursday night it was full. Now I'm going to have to wait until January. I'm going to be sooooo bored this term. All my friends are really busy or have moved to Watford (only one friend has moved to Watford, it's not a mass exodus or anything!) What am I going to do with myself?
Finally, I'm a bit fed up with Nationwide building society. They keep sending me letters telling me that my mortgage deal is going to expire on 31st October 2009 and urging me to phone the branch to make an appointment to discuss it with someone. I've failed to get through to them on the phone several times and no one answered so I went in on Saturday morning to try and make an appointment in person. When I asked the assistant she told me that they no longer have mortgage advisors in branch and I need to speak to the call centre. I don't want to speak to the call centre. I want to have a face to face meeting with a human being. I had several meetings at that same branch when I originally got my mortgage and they were great. It makes me want to move my mortgage but if I did that I'd have to pay a £1000 early repayment charge and there's no saying that another lender would be any more helpful thatn Nationwide. Argh!
On a more positive note, I've been looking at B&Bs in Nottinghamshire with mum in preparation for our short break at half term. We're going to do some family history stuff in Bottesford (near Belvoir Castle) and hopefully explore the area a bit.
I watched the final episode of ER last night. I've never been an ER fan as I don't cope very well with blood, gore and death but I can appreciate that it was ground breaking TV. I watched a few episodes of the final series and I thought it was done very well. It was great that they managed to get many former cast members to return for odd episodes (even one whose character died on screen!) I hate it when important former characters are forgotten in shows (like when peoples relatives fail to attend their weddings in soaps). It was also nice to see the very beautiful Parminder Nagra as leading lady of the final season flying the flag for us Brits (and Thandie Newton and Alex Kingston in the final show).
Oooh, and I bought clothes today. I got a winter coat for the bargainous price of £35, a black sweater dress reduced to £12 and a grey cardie for work for £15 all in New Look. I'm going to buy a couple of V necked jumpers in Dorothy Perkins then my winter work wardobe should be sorted.
