There’s a distinct shortage of adrenaline as well as tidiness aboard, with both of us obviously having somewhat depleted our energy and dare I say it, taken the edge off our emotional stocks as well over the course of the last couple of days. With a couple of days off between medical appointments, neither of us seemed particularly interested in the tasks in hand whether that be doing stuff, or patiently prodding him on. Thankfully what prodding there there has been was quite effective even without the usual full weight of authority behind it.
It’s surprising what sort of a mess one of us can make of an entire boat when she’s confined to a bunk in one corner of it.
It’s even more surprising that no matter how many loads of washing one puts into our poor indefatigable little machine there’s always one thing left unwashed at the end of the day.
Although technically it hasn’t quite been quite a week since the Bed Making Police ran off with the Cleaning Fairy and neither have been seen since, the time had come when something has to be done about the chaos that their absence has apparently created. There’s even the slightest whiff of urgency in the air because Maarty and Vanessa are popping down for a visit tomorrow with their minions, and it would appear that everything has to be spic and spec for that. One can’t be sure why they would be checking the amount of frost in the back of the freezer or the crumbs left over in the griller, but if they do they will find nothing but reflections of themselves.
With just a little luck it will still be in that condition when Ron and Robin arrive on Monday to add a little horsepower to the management team.
Rest assured, what seems like procrastination from the outside (and from the other side of this table as well) is an example of ‘just in time’ management at its finest.
Tonight it’s Chicken with tomato and mozzarella sauce. Move over Nigella, there’s a new Domestic Goddess in town!
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I thought I’d commented on this, Peter. Well done you for taking up the cookery baton! I do hope Jo is as comfortable as she can be in the curcumstances. Sending hugs from here!
Thank-you Val, Jo is quite comfortable and pretty much pain free, we're both a little apprehensive about Tuesday of course!
I had forgotten how to get to the comments this season, so have been mute, - but a simple click in the right spot has now sorted that out. Thanks for the entertaining posts so far and for the tales of heroism and fortitude about both of you over the last week. We (Lisette and I) hope that authority and organisation are soon re-instated but hope that with your new range of skills there are no demarcation disputes. Best wishes.
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