Monday morning but no work as on TOIL from yesterday so had a lie in :) Checked on my washing when i went to make a brew and well, i don't know what the machine had been doing for hours the previous night with its whirrs and swishes but drying wasn't it!
I went back to my room and looked up the manual for the model in the house online - it looked like I'd tried the right button combos :( so I tried it again.
I got ready for the day ahead and then I heard someone come downstairs and go to the kitchen. Oh! I never mentioned my room is downstairs at the front of the house in what would've been the lounge, the lounge is what would have been the dining room and there are 3 bedrooms upstairs along with the bathroom) So I pounced on the opportunity and went through to introduce myself to who turned out to be..... 'Suzie' (I have changed the name to protect the innocent?). She was a pretty, petite girl with dyed red hair aka last season's Cheryl Cole. She said she'd seen my note but had been busy. I explained I'd heard noises upstairs so knew someone was home but as it had been late I didn't want to knock on people's doors to say Hi. She started to apologise for the noise, saying she tends to play her music loud and looked a little guilty, so I interrupted her to ensure she knew it hadn't bothered me, I was simply saying I could tell someone was home. One down, one to go!
Then it was off to storage to try to salvage some essentials. Took my trolley suitcase for ease as was hoping to get some crockery and had 2 bus journeys to make. Miraculously I found my duvet and pillows immediately and some kitchen essentials easily :). Felt proud of how my organisational skills had withheld the stress of packing a 3bed cluttered house up in less than a week!
Back at Stop Gap house I unpacked and washed my kitchen wares whilst my boyfriend readied for his late shift at work. After he'd gone I made my bed and put away all my clothes in the wardrobe. It felt good to be organised and back to some kind if normality.
I went to the kitchen to make a sandwich for a late lunch and saw Suzi again briefly who'd come back from shopping with a friend.
Then it was some 'me time' for the first time in a long while. I lay on the bed watching DVDs of House (series 7) and In Treatment (series 3) glad to be able to relax without a hundred and one thoughts running through my head.
On coming down from the bathroom and going back to my room I caught a glimpse of a man sat on the sofa in the lounge and nearly jumped out of my skin! I hadn't been aware of anyone coming into the house! He was sat there quietly reading some paperwork. I introduced myself and so met 'Simon'. He was maybe late 20s and had short wavy blonde hair - hard to gauge his physique slouched on a sofa. He looked friendly enough.
My boyfriend came back round after work and I heated up a ready meal for him that he'd brought and myself scrambled egg on toast. Not much I know! but was the first home cooked meal I'd had in days and it felt great to eat off my own plate with my own knife and fork! And soon I would be sleeping in a bed under my own duvet! Oh the joy! :)
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