A bit chilly

What to say about the last two days? It has been a bit wierd really. I have pretty much just been sat at the kitchen table in front of my computer working on different financial scenarios and forecasts for my London job whilst all around me the building work has been progressing without much input from me.

And it has been cold just sitting at the table. It's definitely Autumn. Earlier in the week the sun shone and for three or four hours in the middle of the day it bathed the kitchen table in glorious golden light - kept me nice and warm but couldn't see the screen because of the glare. Today, however, it was grey and drizzly, just like England, and even though I had two jumpers on and a constant supply of hot coffee, it was still too cold - so the electric heaters were turned on to try and take the edge off - a good month earlier than I had planned on using them.

Meanwhile, the Poles are cracking on with the plastering and sanding. Twelve days they quoted with much sucking of the teeth - hah! I think they will be done by the middle of next week at the rate they are going. Doing a cracking job though so I'm not complaining. They brought a new boy with them yesterday and today - fresh off the boat, so to speak - doesn't speak a word of English or French and is given all the shitty jobs like sanding the ceiling above his head (I've done that so I know just what a shitty job it is). Poor kid - all part of his education I guess.

Hopefully they will be out of Chris' way tomorrow so that he can get on with the tiling. The perfectionist that he is, he has spent all week agonising over the correct tile adhesive to use for putting new porcelain tiles over old glazed ceramic tiles. Of course, the Poles just pointed at the stuff we already had, but in the end we went to a specialist tile shop and in my best French I asked what we should use and bought two bags of their recommendation. I know Chris still isn't convinced - but hey, let's hope it works cos I don't feel like buying anything else.

It'll work - I'm certain of it.