Well last time I wrote a proper message I was back at the LCM, the island of detached easy life. However, after 15th October they weren’t able to fix me a room as they were completely full and my booking had been messed up. So I went to the guest house for a night but on the same day found out that my house was going to be delayed another 2 weeks .
As I walked into the afternoon meeting looking crushed by this news, Avantika took pity on me and offered me her house to stay in while she was away in the UK for the week. She kindly offered for me to stay on until my house was ready, and we decided it would be fun to be housemates. So I picked up all my bags again and moved into her spare room.
She has been in the house for 6 months or so but has been very busy and hasn’t finished settling in, so the house is not fully furnished - my presence here though is becoming part of the furnishings ;-) The house is huge, and just round the corner from my house, which is rather convenient to just nip over and check on progress.
Here are a few photos of her house, garden, pool, guard house etc. On the first night here on my own I didn’t really get much sleep, due to all the strange noises this house makes. I must say I was getting rather tired then as I had to keep getting up early to do the ops!
Second night was a little better despite the motion sensor light going off around 4.30 am (wind or rats?) and since then I have settled in nicely. Avantika came back last Sunday on the same flight as Matthew, who also stayed over here so that was quite nice and cosy. M left this Sunday, and Avantika left again yesterday, so I am now back on my own, house-sitting…this time feeling rather more at home!
As for my own house, there’s a story - Libyan style. 2 weeks, the time estimated by Andre before he left on holiday, have come and gone and the house is still not ready. Since end of September, the guard house has been built, car port is up and a ceiling has been painted. So I sent Matthew along last week to start pushing the landlord a little, and I have since been going round every other day, flanked by Musab who has been acting as interpreter/helper both with the landlord and in the shops.We managed to choose all the light fittings and these just got installed yesterday. A new fridge and dishwasher have now appeared though are still waiting to be installed. So progress, finally! I also sent round Andre yesterday, fresh from his holiday, with the maintenance guys to see if they can start the safety checks on the house and gas installation.So maybe this weekend? I won’t be holding my breath…
Oh but just in a crazy twist to my life (come on you can’t be that surprised) I have now got a dog!!! I know, might have been an idea to get a house first, but hey…
A young dog was dumped at Marc and Kathryn’s a few weeks ago and they have been looking for a home for it. So after a couple of weeks I thought I would go and look at him, and Kathryn spotted, and went straight for, my weakness ;-) He is half Alsatian, half desert dog so should have good genes, and seems to be pretty intelligent, which is what I am looking for in a dog. So for now he is staying at their house playing all day with Trabbie-the-dippy-boxer but I hope to have him soon.
I can’t believe I finally have a real doggy after all these years…:-)))))))))))Well that’s it for now, more soon.
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