it would look like this.
28th Dec: think this is a good time to deal with that large pile of paperwork on your desk; spread it liberally around your living room floor; start to sneeze.
New Year: I have the flu, it's cold and I haven't been able to do any laundry since before Christmas as the pipes to my washing machine in an outhouse have frozen; paperwork has been moved into piles but still spread liberally around living room (but Happy New Year).
2nd Jan: I still have the flu and am snowed in (unable to do laundry; paperwork gallore).
3rd Jan: I still have the flu and am snowed in (unable to do laundry; paperwork seems to be growing).
4th Jan: I still have the flu, am snowed in and back and work (unable to do laundry; paperwork definitely growing, feelings of guilt about not taking down the Christmas tree).
5th Jan: The advantage of having the flu during a 'big freeze' is being able to complain about the heat. (Take down Christmas tree, but don't bother hoovering up the green stuff that now trails between your living room and shed).
8th Jan: have the flu, back at work, snowed in and my laptop has kerplunkted on me (here's to extended warranties). Drag out work laptop (provided by employer but significantly inferior to my own laptop), starting process of winding it up, updating anti-virus etc. (laundry does not do itself- who knew? Paperwork is now an art installation, sprinkled with fake green pine needles).
9th Jan: I still have the flu, am snowed in, back at work despite broken laptop, and the bottom of my sofa has collapsed so am sitting on the floor, surrounded by paper and green sprinkles (still unable to do laundry).
10th Jan: Am recovering from flu, and can't replace sofa due to being snowed in; it is also from Ikea, so if I want a replacement, I need to find a van and drive for an hour and a half (presuming I can get through the snow). (Still unable to do laundry, have started nesting in paperwork for warmth).
11th Jan: Generally feeling much perkier, roads now travellable with care, still no inclination to travel for over an hour to replace sofa (still unable to do laundry, no longer notice paperwork, it's a feature).
12th Jan: Feeling much better, but wake up to no water. The water main has burst outside. Still sitting on very broken sofa. Still unable to do laundry (with a very large and growing pile in my bedroom), but now also unable to do dishes and generally clean my house or myself. Perhaps paperwork could be used as coffeetable? Certainly the green sprinkles are an improvement on the original carpet.
12th Jan, pm: My landlord writes to ask a suitable date to 'inspect' my house.
4 comments:
oh christ.. You've had a bloody hard time of it. Good luck with getting your water and pipes sorted, and i hope the landlord will be understanding.
Hee, well it just struck me as very funny- I am not sure what that says about my mental health- can you go snow crazy?
Heh. My sister managed it after 24 hours. She rang me up ina right strop because she couldn't drive (cos of the snow), her fella was out at work, and she'd given up smoking the previous week.
It's times like this that I'm grateful I live in a city and everywhere, including friends and food, is walkable.
You poor thing, but this did make me smile a bit.
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