February 4th – 107,914 words to date.

Well, going to be a busy day so I made an early start. Despite an hour out to go grocery shopping I’d hit 3,034 words by ten forty-five and due to family issues have had to stop for the day.

Yesterday was not a good day in my mother’s kitchen, I’m afraid. First, the oven door which has been a bit temperamental for a few months now decided it didn’t want to shut. So my father decided to slam it, with the almost inevitable consequence that the glass hob lid dropped. Although the glass didn’t break, thankfully, it did break its hinges, meaning the automatic cut-off switch at the back (only depressed when the lid is in the up position) is permanently in the off position and the hob won’t work.

Given the age of the cooker and the state of the oven door hinge, which isn’t good, there’s no real point in doing anything than accepting the appliance is at the end of its useful life. So the rest of today will be spent shopping for a new one. That is, of course, after the eye tests we already have scheduled for my wife and myself. No doubt that will result in new specs for both of us and that’s yet another expense.

Ah well, one of THOSE days, I guess.

Well the trip to the opticians proved expensive! Both of us DO need new specs, and I need a pair of specialist ones just for computer use and I must remember to change them before I leave my desk. That’ll be fun, avoiding the broken neck!