Lavender

Interesting morning. Woke up and about an hour later two members of the council were knocking on the flat door! They were inquiring about the state of the building, which they agreed was pretty bad. We mentioned we'd been having lots of power cuts... and about 5mins late all the lights went off. They inspected the cupboards and took photos... one of the doors came completely off in their hand. They told us that the landlord shouldn't be coming in at 10:30pm (or later) demanding rent then and there so people have to go round the corner (outside) to the hotel in PJs... we knew that. They said they might be able to get us a shower that works rather than sharing the flat downstairs'... which runs out of hot water, is shared with 9 others and screams like it's going to blow up when used. They said they'd have a go at getting him to fix the ceiling that looks like it's going to collapse and the mould which covers all the walls. They weren't impressed either with the racist abuse the flat of Bulgarians below has to put up with. They're going to the police if it happens again. All in all, the council weren't happy with our landlord... neither are we. They'd heard lots about him many times before. Can't wait for a different house next year.

Later on...

Round at David and Norma's, just dropped in to collect a letter for my gran, but actually ended up staying for tea (dinner)!

Really lovely to talk to them, plus I got a photo of their lavender.

Then gave a talk to the octopush team about the upcoming competition. Was a bit unsure beforehand as I've got used to coaching in the pool, but it's a bit different standing up and talking for about an hour to 10 guys and a few gals out the pool!

All went okay, really proud of all of them!

Night night.


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