I have had a really rotten day today! When I woke up this morning I would have stayed in bed if I had known what sort of day it was going to be. Instead, I came downstairs and made a cup of tea at a quarter to seven and took it back up to bed. I was feeling a bit rough but I thought if I dozed and listened to the news I might feel a bit better in a while and besides, I hate feeling ill and still have to get up and do things that need to be done.
I drank the tea and dozed off after the news and was in that half awake state when there was a deafening blood curdling scream that made me sit bolt upright. So the teenage daughter of the neighbours from hell didn't want to go to school again! The yelling, screaming and foul language continued for about five minutes so I decided to get up anyway and have a shower thinking that I would feel better after that.
How wrong can you be! After I had some breakfast I decided to do the washing as I usually do on a Tuesday and I could do some paperwork while the machine was on. It was a bright morning and I would have much preferred to go out for a walk first but my tum was playing up and I was expecting a plumber to call and fix the tap on the basin in the bathroom. No sooner had I brought the washing downstairs the peace was suddenly and rudely shattered by the sound of a pneumatic drill which sounded as if it was in the front room!
I filled the machine and went to look out of the front room window where I saw a couple of workmen who are replacing the cornerstones on the raised pavements and planters along the front of the houses. Great! So I'll be having this noise all day then and will probably end up with a migraine too! Then to add to the commotion, some workmen came to dismantle the scaffolding that has been up the wall on the side of the house for a couple of months. They weren't really quiet about that and at one time I thought they were going to demolish the side of the house too as they dropped each piece down to the ground.
Well, it's all peaceful now they've all gone, the plumber never came but my tum has settled and I'm feeling a little better although tired. Tomorrow I will be off to the farmers' market and if the plumber comes then, too bad! He'll have to come back when I'm here!
I can sympathise having many "crap days from hell" lately, although my nuisance neighbours are Mr P and Webster who can easily be caught with the pond net and shut away if necessary!! Hope you feel better today xx
ReplyDeleteHi Grandma,
ReplyDeleteSorry your day was so bad. No wonder with all that madness around you. Sounds like that teen needs a good slap across the face to shut that mouth of hers up. I'd love that job. Nothing peeves me more than disrespectful people of any age.