Well my last day being 64 has been somewhat stressful so far it has to be said.
I'm meant to be going out for a Chinese buffet in a couple of hours but I'm sat waiting for a plumber who is already 4 hours late! The work is to re-fix a radiator leak he repaired already last week and deal with another one his workmate caused, another leak we only discovered on return from holiday to find curtains and carpet wet through!
To add to the frays of the day, a parcel I was expecting last week got sent back to the depot as we were away. First of all Royal Mail said it was returning it to the sender, in Austria! Then they decided the address was legible and said I could have it redelivered. This required downloading their app and lying about their postman's calling card, which was never left. This familiar tale of postal Xmas woe does have a happy ending however. The parcel was redelivered today and I am the proud owner of a rare blue NASA 2001 Space Glider!
Alas, further fraying of my already frazzled brainpan ensued when I thought another parcel was lost. It arrived minutes before we went away last week and I shoved it somewhere. Looking today I realized I had no idea where! (Similar to my missing toy radar tale in 2012!).
To find it I had to eliminate every possible place it could be: attic, recycling bin outside, packaging store, cupboards, shelves and dark corners. I even double checked eBay to see if it had actually been delivered or was I dreaming!
The final place was my wife's big secret bag of my birthday goodies stood on her chest of drawers behind her mirror. And there it was! I'd put it in there for safe keeping! How odd but Phew!
So, I'm reunited with my new Tenebrae VHS video, united with my new NASA Glider but as yet, still no sign of the plumber!
I may have to kiss that buffet goodbye!
Do you lose things? Have things redelivered? Have leaks readers?
