The Importance of Being Idle

Picture This!

I had to get up fairly early this morning, 'cos the landlord was coming round to look at some problems we're having at the flat. Given that I didn't sleep much last night, I think today's been pretty productive. I was having a totally weird dream before I got up though, about keeping lots of animals in a converted garage, and having Ronnie's cat Archie in charge of them. I remember there was a lizard that was always trying to get the white rats to lead a rebellion against him, but the bats were on his side... it was a weird dream: Archie had his own special chair (which he actually does in real life, but the dream one was different), and lots of books and a telescope, and was studying alchemy...
Anyhoo, Mr Scott (my landlord) came round, agreed to fix all the things that need fixing, and expressed much admiration for Ronnie's colour scheme for the bathroom (he also liked the way she'd decorated the living room, which I do too, she's made it very light and airy).
I spent some of the day setting up appointments for us to view houses in Peterborough tomorrow.This is our favourite one, at least from looking at pictures it is. I think it's the windows that sold us, even before we'd seen the floor plan we both had insane grins on our faces, cos its just so different! Anyway, that's the first one, and probably the best. It's dead handy for the city centre too, and I think I actually got lost on the road that it's on last Thursday night! Whether we'll actually commit to anything tomorrow, or if we'll just have a look and a laugh and a bit of fun, I don't know, cos getting a place together would be a big step. That said, indecisive as I am about everything else, I've never been more certain of wanting anything in my life than I am of wanting to be with her, so I guess we'll just have to wait and see!
We might also spend a little time looking at motorbikes. I've always wanted one, but frankly never thought it'd be something I'd ever have. Ronnie however, loves her bikes too, so we were talking the other day about going to have a look at them and dream about what sort we'd like! I really like this one, its a 1998 Yamaha XV1100. Don't know if it's just me, but I think that's one looker of a bike. That said, there may be some reason why having such a bike might get me laughed at/beaten up by other, more serious bikers: I really know exactly fuck all about bikes, I want one in exactly the same way I want a Caribbean Island - sounds like a good idea but I couldn't tell you why!
On a more serious note, tomorrow morning, before we do all the fun stuff, I'm going to help my Uncle clear some stuff out of my Gran's house. I have no idea how emotional that's gonna be, I can be a soft bugger and cry at almost anything given the chance (you should see me at the end of Monsters Inc, or The Iron Giant!), and helping to empty out the house that we used to spend our Christmases in... that might be unpleasant. Still, we'll see eh?

posted by BadMonkey @ 8:55 PM