I'm taking time out of preparing for Judas Maccabaeus, cleaning the house for Sunday's Ministry of Welcome party and generally coping to let you know where we are now.
It was too optimistic to assume we would complete on March 15th.. House is still ours and more annoyingly, the mortgage is due to be paid on Monday and there's no money in the bank.....
Solicitor is trying to get deeds corrected following the road being taken over by local authority after we bought house. So watch this space!!!
Judas Maccabaeus has caused us a few headaches and early mornings lying awake worrying. Biggest headache has been a lack of decent oboe players. The usual orchestra have a weekend in Galway and we've got gloriously able students playing, but our 1st oboe fell and broke her tooth on Tuesday and the 2nd oboe decided last week he wasn't available after all. Hey ho..
We have two flutes playing instead and recorders playing the flute parts. Very alternative.
Its tomorrow night in the North Cathedral, and I am, as usual, just hoping we'll get an audience.
Meanwhile, the georgeous Gerry finally turned up (without warning) on Wed. morning. BBIL was taking D & A to the bus and met a huge lorry pushing a loaded low loader backwards along the boreen. Needless to say they were late for the bus. Big little sis rang and said I should get there asap as Gerry needed to know exactly what to do. By 3p.m. same day he re-loaded the lorry and set off into the sunset taking all our rubble and leaving the Flanders trenches looking more like a garden suitable for a retired couple to get their teeth into. Its very exciting. He'll hopefully be back shortly to lay the kerbs and then when that is set lay tarmac right up to the boundary gate. I'll be able to set grass seed and start planting my shrubs and plants.
Bad news on the chimney front. Cecil's effort will have to be rebuilt at great expense. And big little sis thinks we should replace the stove. Its destroyed by rust. Don't fancy taking Cecil on but feel very fed up at the trouble we've got.
Its very exciting to be planning visits from various members of the family and hearing all the news. I'm so enjoying the blogs. Keep writing!
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If you've all signed the contracts I hope it's just a case of when, not if! If this part of the world is anything to go by, the students are mostly better than the teachers, 'cos they actually practise... Good to hear that the garden is coming on, and I'm not surprised that cecil has left you with a leaky chimney. Let's hope there are no more surprises. Good luck with the concert. It's probably going on right now as I write this.
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