The Marcus Diaries: Part III

About two months ago, we had an unfortunate incident where bf was cleaning his favourite thing (the loo) whilst wearing his favourite garment (a brown t-shirt). Bleach flicked at him from the loo brush. Possibly due to his line of work, he does not take well to fluids being flicked at him. He was upset. Particularly upset when he realised that the cleaning of the favourite thing had caused the inadvertent destruction of the favourite garment. Small white bleached spots had appeared all down the front of it.

Now, we are currently saving all the money in the world for things such as wedding rings and honeymoon food. Buying a new favourite brown t-shirt (from bf's favourite - and rather pricey - shop) was not an option. I thought - What Would Marcus Do? And of course I knew, instantly. Even before I had asked the question. Dylon Dylon Dylon.

I went to the hardware store. Lots of watering cans, but no dye. I went to the chemist. Lots of hair bobbles, but no dye. I walked into town. Lots of tourists. Instinctively wanted to go to Woolworths. Sad! Went to a fabric shop. No dye. Went to the market. Dye!! BUT. Bath is a very nice Georgian city. News of the Washing Machine does not appear to have reached the Nice Georgian City. It was therefore Dylon hand dye. I thought: Dylon! How wrong can this go?!

I will tell you later about the Saga of the Hand Dye. When I got to the speckled-water stage above, I had to call Marcus for expert advice.

Country life

I know I live in a city. It does feel very countrified though, compared to Woolwich. I was lying in bed last night thinking about how life has changed since we left London. I have also changed. Am less anxious generally. Pleased about that! Here is a list of things that are different.

• The kitchen has more than one square foot of work surface. We can cook actual meals.
• Seating 10 people round the dining table is achievable and cooking for them does not involve balancing roasting trays on top of dishes on the floor.
• The dining table is a permanent item and does not need to be dragged into the middle of the living room to extend a flap when there are more than three people trying to eat
• Guests sitting at the dining table do not have to sit on piles of cushions on the sofa a la booster seats
• We own two sledges and have enough storage that I do not see them, stub my toe on them and curse them every day
• We own two sledges!
• I am interested in what the weather is doing as this affects what I might want to do
• I have eaten a vegetable from my garden
• I have a garden!
• We went to Glastonbury and got home within 45 minutes
• We went to Glastonbury and left our two front sash windows open about a foot each
• We went to Glastonbury and left our two front sash windows open about a foot each, got home within 45 minutes and NOBODY HAD STOLEN ANYTHING!
• The neighbours know our names
• The neighbours smile at us
• The neighbours do not seem to be selling packets of anything to people who roll up in cars with blacked-out windows
• I see bf a lot more :o)

There are downsides, but there are definate upsides to being in the bath!

Take care chaps