My life of Loneliness

As I alluded in my last post, my family went on vacation on Saturday, leaving me alone for a week. They recommended that I paint my bedroom in their absense, and I reluctantly agreed.

So, pretty much as soon as they left, I put on some scrappy clothes, and got to work. I removed everything from my bedroom, bar the bed, and then I began taping over all the fittings and skirting boards. I then painted a first of two coats on two of the walls. By then, it was past 5pm, and I was exhausted. I had eaten a cous-cous dish that was stored in the fridge for lunch, upon discovering that they had left me no bread to eat, but I needed to go shopping before dinner. I didn't at all feel like a takeaway, so this was my only choice. I showered and put on some of my best clothes, and then went shopping. I took advantage of a great many BOGOF's and multibuy offers on Muller corners.

I recently discovered that one can create the most delicious yoghurty combination by purchising a Cherry Fruit corner and a Vanilla Choc-ball Crunch corner, and then eating the cherry with the vanilla yoghurt. On Saturday I bought one of these new 'Muller Corner Healthy Balance' yoghurts - with black cherry compoté, instead of the usual Fruit corner, plus a Vanilla Choc Ball Crunch corner. However, this alternative recipe did not taste good.

I bought some burgers on Saturday, and had them for dinner. They were very tasty, but I could only eat three of the four. I chucked the fourth one away.

On Sunday I had sausage sandwiches for lunch, and a *perfect* cheese omelette for dinner. I have never made a bad omelette - I got it perfect first time, and I've only experianced minor drops in quality on occasion since. I am very proud.

On Saturday night, I had decided that my target with the painting would be to do one coat on each of the 4 walls on Sunday, to recoat the second two walls on Monday, do the detailing on Tuesday, and refill the bedroom with furniture on Wednesday. I was to see that this was incredibly pessimistic. I managed to complete all of the mass-painting on Sunday, and decided not to do any details (I was going to do some green stripes, but have decided it looks better without).

On Monday I refilled my bedroom. This was the most exhausting day, because there was so much furniture to move and so much stuff to sort through and tidy and chuck away. I didn't think I'd be able to finish it that day, but somehow I managed it. Eventually I finished vacuuming the landing, and realised that I was done! Apart from the one pot of paint in the kitchen, the whole house was clean, and my bedroom looked superb. I was very proud of myself. I recieved another spiritual stone as a reward for completing my task. Now I had just one more to find!

With my bedroom painted, I now had no choice but to get down to revision. The next day was Tuesday. I went shopping on Tuesday morning, and spent £25. My major extravagences were breakfast items; I bought Special K and lots of fresh fruit and a big pot of Biopot yoghurt. On Tuesday I sat in the garden and had a big breakfast. I drank an awful lot of tea, and basked in the warmth of the sun. I also did lots of revision. Then the rainclouds came overhead, and so I went indoors and played Caesar III on the pc. I had Pan Bagna for dinner - which is a famous sandwich I found in a recipé book, more-or-less nicióuse salad on bread.

On Wednesday I had another extravagent breakfast, this time indoors as I listened to the rain pouring down outside. As I sat there drinking my tea and listening to the clock ticking, it struck me how simple my life had suddenly become, and how well I was coping with it. I was quite sane and relaxed - I didn't need to live the hyper-social, alcohol-fueled lifestyle that I had been, in order to be happy. That's not to say that I won't be extremely glad to get back into the old routine, of course! Roll on, Thursday Week 8!!!