I am out of bed a little earlier than usual today (but only a little) – I’m expecting a plumber at 8.30am to remove our old cast iron bath, and replace it with a modern pressed steel one. 8.30am soon rolls around, and the plumber has arrived. I’m impressed – a tradesman who turns up when he says he is going to!
I help the plumber carry the cast iron side panel down the stairs and then I bag up the fibreglass insulation that I had packed in around the cast iron bath in a vain attempt to stop it from sucking all of the heat out of the hot water, but that’s about my only involvement in the job – I just keep myself busy making tea (and drinking my fair share). I also comfort the dog while the plumber breaks the old bath up with a sledgehammer – it really does make one hell of a racket, and she doesn’t like it one bit.
I walk the dog while the plumber gets on with the job.
In no time at all (or so it seemed) the old bath is languishing (in 4 pieces) outside the front of our cottage, and the new bath is plumbed in and ready for use this evening. The plumber has also fitted the new basin taps, which he didn’t originally quote for, and then asked me for less money than he quoted for fitting the bath alone, saying that it had taken him less time than he thought it would. Plumbers like this are a rare find, and I give him more than he asked for – very pleased!
I deal with a few emails that are waiting for me, including one requesting the use of one of my videos of the dog for an advertisement – I sign the consent form and email it back to the company. Perhaps our dog will have her 5 minutes of fame…
Tremor is really quite persistent in my left leg today, causing my laptop to jiggle around a fair bit as I try to type – not very helpful. I consider increasing the voltage on my device to counteract it, but opt for self-medication (cannabis) instead – I’ll give myself one more day to recover from our Amsterdam trip last weekend, and make some adjustments tomorrow if it isn’t any better. This is the first day this week that I haven’t been fighting off sleep in the afternoon, so I must be recovering! Dystonia and dyskinesia aren’t bothering me (too much), balance and walking are better today (and my legs have stopped aching), and my voice isn’t a worry (principally because I’m not having to use it very much – it will probably be more of a problem tomorrow when I try to film my weekly vlog). Muscular stiffness and weakness are pretty uncomfortable, but I’ll live!