I had lots of good intentions yesterday. I was going to finish the post I’ve been writing about blogs for the other blog, tidy my desk, do some reading (work-related and escapist), cook something, call a few people to say hi, and maybe even get in a game of Civ 4 somewhere.
The rest of the day went well, but M and I really tired ourselves out when we went to my brother’s renovator’s dream in Mt Hawthorn to help him and his wife with pulling the plaster off the walls in their kitchen and laundry. We spent a few hours there smacking walls to disintegrate plaster. It’s an exhausting task, and all the rubble falling into your clothes as the plaster crumbles off the walls is the most disconcerting feeling. 
The crowbar and the hammer and chisel I was using gave me blisters on both hands, although mine are not as bad as the Uber Blister on M’s palm.
When we got home we watched a couple of episodes of Red Dwarf (thanks to S for the complete first season) while having a nice cold beer and lying on the sofa bed.
I think we both passed out on the sofa bed, because the next thing I know it’s 5am and it’s Sunday!
Categories: Saturday
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Is that your palm, or M’s palm? Either way it’s a pretty bad looking blister! But did it feel good to be knocking something down knowing that something better would be in it’s place?
Anna, it’s M’s palm. Doesn’t it look horrific?
The work was very cathartic – I really enjoyed taking the crowbar and hitting the walls. It should be really really good when they can move in to the house. Estimated time of work completion and house warming is around Easter 2006.