My old friend K (kids in the same class in primary school), offered to come over & help me paint. Fool that I am, I accepted. No, that’s not fair ... or is it
Do you ever think “yes please” but then question yourself?
I think if I met K now, I might well walk away, but we have 25+ years of history & I'm glad we do. She is the sort of person who would go hungry to help you, sleep on the floor so you can have her bed, she’s the friend you want to be .. but these days, she hides that part of herself
Anyway. These days, I’m likely to go 3 or 4 days without saying a word out loud. I talk to Pooch, but the little blighter doesn’t say a lot back, except to “grumble” doggy style, in reply, mostly he just cocks his head & listens. So to suddenly have someone here whose mouth doesn’t stop moving, even when you leave the room, well, it’s a bit overpowering
I kid you not. I’ve said I’m going to put the kettle on, walked out the room .. she’s still talking .. walk back in .. she’s still talking
It took a few hours to get my head round that
Bless her, she is a hundred mile an hour, Duracell bunny on speed. Bending down to the tray & up again to paint wasn’t fast enough for her, so she picked up the tray in one hand & roller in the other. Yup. She was so fast she pushed the roller right over the edge & dumped the paint right out of the tray onto the carpet. She then couldn’t keep still & was walking the paint around the room ... till I screamed at her “STOP MOVING”.
I’m running into the kitchen, grabbing the kitchen roll & tearing off strips. Lift that foot (she did), sticking paper under her foot, repeat with the other
Then it’s wipes to clean up as much as possible. Telling her to stand still. Honestly, I could have strangled her, but instead we both laughed & carried on
I got the carpet shampooer set up & set it going. K then wanted to try. She used it like a regular vacuum. I managed to make her slow down enough to give it a chance & she was then impressed at how well it works. By that time she’d used 1/2 the tank
Blooming Duracell bunny that she is.
She came back today. Dropped the tray AGAIN, but caught it just before it upended. She’s emulsioned about half the area I’d done with 1/8 of the paint, but used about 6/8 of the paint
Much n all as I love her ... I hope to have finished before she offers again. I just can’t afford her usage
I have to do the skirting in the lounge & that room is finished. Skirting & a ridiculous bit of wooden archway, then the kitchen diner is more or less finished. I’m really getting it done. Maybe a day or two of painting left
I’m not sure if a skip, charity donations, free-cycle or ??? Is the way to go now, but clearing / decluttering is next. My aim is to have it
done by the end of the month
I’m sick to the back teeth of this blooming house. I want to be gone. I don’t think I even care about the money. I just want out