The Importance of Being Idle

A Day Late And A Dollar Short

Okay so I've got a couple of days to get through. Let's move it!
Thursday was a really good day. Ronnie's court case went well in so far as her ex got a fairly hefty fine (made worse when his barrister wouldn't shut up!) and has been bound over to keep the peace for a year, which basically means no fighting ANYBODY and definitely no talking to Ronnie. Which is nice, cos I'm fairly certain that he isn't smart enough to stay out of fights for a year in which case he'll receive another fine, then his bail will be rescinded and it's back to trial! Yeah! hehe
After they'd finished she called me and I went over to spend the afternoon with her (and her sis!), and I have to say, happy as Ronnie usually is when I see her, I could tell that a real weight had been lifted from her shoulders, which was really nice to see. Now we can close this shitty chapter of her life and get on with writing the rest of the book!
In the afternoon we went into Peterborough with Lisa and wandered about, shopped a little, and got rained on. Then back in Whittlesey we bumped into my Uncle and Aunt, and arranged to go round there later to visit them and my Grandma. That was both fun and sad: fun cos I haven't been round there in ooooooooooooh must be fifteen, maybe twenty years, and sad because to cut a long story short my Gran's dying. She seemed quite cheerful yesterday to be honest, but she looked so shockingly thin and tired... but then I guess cancer'll do that to you. Still, it was nice to see everyone, and Ronnie seemed popular and well liked.
Then we decided to go out and see a movie, but nothing really caught our fancy, so we went and had a meal (no, I'm not gonna mention that part) and then back into Peterborough for a couple of (non-alcoholic) drinks before all too soon it's time for me to drive home again. On the plus side of course it was less than twenty four hours from that point to the moment I see her again later on this evening.
Suffice to say I didn't get any painting done yesterday.
Today however I finally got colour on the walls! Yay me! 'Course, nothing is ever easy, so as soon as I'd put brush to wall Jules called and said I HAD to go over to her sisters house 'cos she was hiding there. So I did, and we chatted for a bit. She's still having bf trouble (apparently his parents are trying to buy them a house! Would that we all had such difficulties), he sounds quite dismissive of her and appaears to be trying to turn her into a good little village house-wife. That ain't gonna happen!
Anyway, we chatted, I took her home so she could go viewing houses (although she was quite drunk by that point so god only knows how that went), then I came home, painted and then spent the rest of the afternoon trying to get the house half-way decent for Ronnie's visit this evening! Luckily I've got a few hours left to get myself sorted and to start cooking dinner for us! Yay! Sadly it's another single night together, and next Friday she won't be here at all... because she's coming over Saturday night after wook to stay for a whole week! Woohoo!!!!!!!

posted by BadMonkey @ 5:22 PM