I am in jail and she's under a tremendous amount of stress and strain.
You all know she's waiting for the UltraSound, it is taking place on August 2nd and then they will decide to operate or not. That's quite enough to drive anyone a bit loopy.. and on the other situation.
The beastly bunch as she calls the thugs in suits who are the bullies from hell, sadly she can't have an officer from the Town Hall with her every time these men roll down her steps, so they march in and are generally quite evil..
And they've delayed the start of the building works, yet again, so this time she has taken the wise precaution of alerting her kind friend from Studio Days, he is a solicitor whose speciality, as the senior memeber of one of the citys' oldest law firms, is property law. They met two years ago when one of the thugs suggested he buy her out.. for a pittance. She said not one word but hot-footed it straight into the city.
And was told the legal stuff about surrendering a statuatory confirmed tenancy, she'd been in the flat then 39 years, now 41 years. And how much exactly her tenancy was worth.. interesting enough, the thug had suggested nothing resembling one tenth of this figure.
Friend told her to keep mouth shut.. "say not one word" he said.. "for he'll be back again and this time, we'll make up our minds if the offer is good enough" and I'll handle him for you.. besides, I know exactly who he is..
So she's alerted him that they are playing silly buggers and that she might need him to act for her. But it is all quite unpleasant and she has to keep her mouth shut (grr) and deal with it. Talk about 'ag & naus'. This means aggravation & nausea to those of you unfamiliar with Cockney rhyming slang.
Anyway, here I am, not at home.. she's got another meeting on Monday with one lot of thugs and then the surveyor thug, a two faced bastard if ever there was one, is back here again on the 21st to take photos of the room.. he'll have a shock! For rather than sit in fear, she's dusted and washed everything, bought new paint from Leylands and painted the cupboards (same colour), the bookcase and the radiator.
Everything looks fresh and clean and tidy.. which is exactly how she expects to find it when she comes back in here when they've finished the works.. but they're in for a very unpleasant shock. For behind a cupboard which is against the wall to the next house, the wall is wet, a piece of lining paper came off in her hand like as if she had only just stuck it up there.
This is the cupboard which she's emptied and which they have to move as they need to look at the plaster but they have no idea, as to yet, that it is wet. Ah well, they'll find out, won't they?
She's moving out on July 28th, then on the 29th Messrs Pickfords are coming to take away all the bedroom furniture, her bed and her clothes and keep them safe for the length of time these building works are going to take. The man from Pickfords was incredibly helpful and nice.
She's going into a flat literally just across the road in the next garden square.. a fourth floor flat but with a lift, you'll be pleased to here, as is her aorta!
Friends are being so kind. Lovely Pat is absolutely refusing to let her go to UltraSound by herself, her GP Dr. Katherine rings her regularly to see how she is coping with the stress of her bulging aorta and the building situation.. it has, afterall, been going on since last November. Which is QUITE long enough, pull your fingers out and get an f'ing move on.
A couple of people are totally ignoring everything that is going on which is odd but their behaviour recently has been 'pretty weird' to say the least.. no more shall I or will she say on them.
Lovely Mr. Tom telephoned from the hospital last night to tell us that Bob was in theatre having a bigger heart operation done.. oi vey.. and then sent us an email to let us know that Bob was well, out of theatre and smiling.. more oi veys..
So.. stay happy and healthy out there all you guys and girls.. take care of your loved ones and tell them you love them. I'll be back but when.. I just don't know. God bless you y vayo con Dios.
GeeGee Parrot.
July 15th, 2016.
You all know she's waiting for the UltraSound, it is taking place on August 2nd and then they will decide to operate or not. That's quite enough to drive anyone a bit loopy.. and on the other situation.
The beastly bunch as she calls the thugs in suits who are the bullies from hell, sadly she can't have an officer from the Town Hall with her every time these men roll down her steps, so they march in and are generally quite evil..
And they've delayed the start of the building works, yet again, so this time she has taken the wise precaution of alerting her kind friend from Studio Days, he is a solicitor whose speciality, as the senior memeber of one of the citys' oldest law firms, is property law. They met two years ago when one of the thugs suggested he buy her out.. for a pittance. She said not one word but hot-footed it straight into the city.
And was told the legal stuff about surrendering a statuatory confirmed tenancy, she'd been in the flat then 39 years, now 41 years. And how much exactly her tenancy was worth.. interesting enough, the thug had suggested nothing resembling one tenth of this figure.
Friend told her to keep mouth shut.. "say not one word" he said.. "for he'll be back again and this time, we'll make up our minds if the offer is good enough" and I'll handle him for you.. besides, I know exactly who he is..
So she's alerted him that they are playing silly buggers and that she might need him to act for her. But it is all quite unpleasant and she has to keep her mouth shut (grr) and deal with it. Talk about 'ag & naus'. This means aggravation & nausea to those of you unfamiliar with Cockney rhyming slang.
Anyway, here I am, not at home.. she's got another meeting on Monday with one lot of thugs and then the surveyor thug, a two faced bastard if ever there was one, is back here again on the 21st to take photos of the room.. he'll have a shock! For rather than sit in fear, she's dusted and washed everything, bought new paint from Leylands and painted the cupboards (same colour), the bookcase and the radiator.
Everything looks fresh and clean and tidy.. which is exactly how she expects to find it when she comes back in here when they've finished the works.. but they're in for a very unpleasant shock. For behind a cupboard which is against the wall to the next house, the wall is wet, a piece of lining paper came off in her hand like as if she had only just stuck it up there.
This is the cupboard which she's emptied and which they have to move as they need to look at the plaster but they have no idea, as to yet, that it is wet. Ah well, they'll find out, won't they?
She's moving out on July 28th, then on the 29th Messrs Pickfords are coming to take away all the bedroom furniture, her bed and her clothes and keep them safe for the length of time these building works are going to take. The man from Pickfords was incredibly helpful and nice.
She's going into a flat literally just across the road in the next garden square.. a fourth floor flat but with a lift, you'll be pleased to here, as is her aorta!
Friends are being so kind. Lovely Pat is absolutely refusing to let her go to UltraSound by herself, her GP Dr. Katherine rings her regularly to see how she is coping with the stress of her bulging aorta and the building situation.. it has, afterall, been going on since last November. Which is QUITE long enough, pull your fingers out and get an f'ing move on.
A couple of people are totally ignoring everything that is going on which is odd but their behaviour recently has been 'pretty weird' to say the least.. no more shall I or will she say on them.
Lovely Mr. Tom telephoned from the hospital last night to tell us that Bob was in theatre having a bigger heart operation done.. oi vey.. and then sent us an email to let us know that Bob was well, out of theatre and smiling.. more oi veys..
So.. stay happy and healthy out there all you guys and girls.. take care of your loved ones and tell them you love them. I'll be back but when.. I just don't know. God bless you y vayo con Dios.
GeeGee Parrot.
July 15th, 2016.
Ach, what a terrible situation! I have been remiss in my condolences!! Are you two surviving alright?
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