Snogged: An Insatiable State of Mind

So today's Wednesday, so I have that off, because I am part-time employed and Wednesday thus became the Best Day of the Week.

I also have Thursday off this week, because I had work on Saturday, so we get a protected day off for that (as well as some time in lieu and a bit extra per hour because it's the weekend) and mine is always on the Thursday. We have an unofficial work Saturday every seven weeks, but we can put it up for grabs if we can't work that weekend (or even if we don't want to) and they tend to be very easy to get rid of. Some of the others will nab as many Saturdays as they can, because it's a quieter work day and a week day off. I'd personally rather have my weekend intact with Husband, but it takes all sorts. It's unofficial because as far as the rest of the hospital is concerned we're not open. We'll only be six or seven people there, and we're largely there in order to give ourselves a helping hand so Monday's work load isn't quite so huge.

This week I also have Friday off because it's the first of May and according to our general agreement we are supposed to have the right to have that day off. Well, that doesn't actually work in reality because there's an obvious limit to how often you can just arbitrarily close down the work place when you work in the health sector and we already don't work weekends (sort of) and holidays. So we usually have as many people having the day off as possible and it's determined by drawing lots where the people who didn't win last year are guaranteed it this year.

And then after that of course it's the weekend. So through sheer luck I've managed to get five days off in a row. That's like a little holiday. I shall make a great deal of progress on my puzzle.

Today, I've taken the bicycle into town to have it serviced, and treated myself to coffee to go for the trip home. I can pick it up tomorrow, and I'm sort of toying with the idea of going in and just having a coffee and some breakfast at the Espresso House before I go to the bicycle shop. I could bring a book. Right now this idea is very tempting. It's not unlikely tomorrow I'll just want to get the bike and go home as quickly as possible.

Also accidentally picked up a succulent. It was flowering, it wasn't my fault! It only took Husband a couple hours to notice it. Can't sneak anything past him...

For my birthday, Husband bought me a furniture cleaner. And before you all go, "oh gosh, what a clueless man!" let me just assure you all, he is far from clueless and I wanted one. I have in fact been casting long glances and coveting for at least the last six months. So I am HAPPY!

It's one of those things where I want it and I can easily afford it, but it is also expensive enough and specialised enough that I have a great deal of trouble convincing myself that yes, I am in fact allowed to buy one. So I don't. Husband to the rescue.

I have tried it out on a chair. The used water was... opaque. It was WILD! I want to wash the sofa, but I will control myself and wait until tomorrow morning, because it does require a bit of drying time afterwards and we want to be able to sit in it tonight. I'm worried about what the water is going to look like after that.

This is going to be so useful! I can wash our mattress!