Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Sing it with me! They rock! I stopped in at Tony's Tyre Service at lunchtime to see if they could fix the slow leak in my rear tyre. Not only could they fix it, but they also cleaned my windows, rebalanced and blackened the tyres, gave me a free chamois, a $10 gift voucher and some good advice. All for nothing, and a free coffee. Having worked in customer service most of my life, I have to say, they were outstanding and totally lived up to their ads. Sadly, as I suspected, they told me I would need to replace my rear tyres within a month or so - but they've definitely won my business!

It's been a week of fix ups. As I mentioned, I spent Sunday out in the garden, preparing the house for the market. I mowed, weeded, dead-headed, pruned, nearly took off the top of my finger with the secateurs, swept up the mess, and took it all to the dump. Yesterday Dad fixed the leaky toilet for me, and now all I have left to do is fix the hole in the side of the house and weed the dead zone behind the house.

Last night I resigned my position as Secretary for Hornby Volleyball Club, and it's like a weight has been lifted. I have one more set of minutes to type up and send out, then it's all out of my hands, and my nights are free again. No more Thursday winter nights sitting on the door at Pioneer freezing my ass off, no more running around after people who never pay on time, no more entering teams at the last minute because other people can't organise themselves! What a relief.

Now if I could just fix myself! I have an incredibly stiff, sore neck. This happens to me every winter. No, not because I'm getting old! Because whenever the weather starts to get colder, I end up in bed with three animals snuggled in as close as they can get, sometimes even on top of me, and consequently I end up in some awkward positions unable to move all night. Such as happened last night obviously, as today I can't turn my head to either side! I'm going to have to ban them!

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