Big day tomorrow. About a month ago my kitchen circuit went pop. Something had gone. I tried everything (amazing how many things were plugged in). It turned out to be my oven (I only finally discovered that after I ended up with a 30 minute cooked cold meal). It had been on a cooling cycle which was why I didn’t think it was the oven, but the circular element had blown. Not a disaster – you can replace the elements fairly easily, and they are available for my oven. And there still was the top element, so I can grill things.
However the automatic lock on the door was also bust. That just stopped the cleaning cycle – so I just needed to manually clean the oven. Not hard.
But the display had also gone dim – and when the sun is shining I can’t read it. On bright days I had to set the temperature by listening to clicks – like I am a safe cracker. And there are no replacements for that. I could take the display apart – it probably just needs a new capacitor.
But that was just the final straw – time for a new oven. It has taken a few weeks to get here (so a few extra salads has helped my weight reduction). It arrives tomorrow.
But I almost had a disaster – I nearly double booked tomorrow. And I have suddenly discovered my diary is getting pretty full – I find a couple of things booked for every day. It seems to have happened suddenly – just last month I had a booking every two weeks. I had actually got out of the habit of checking my diary before making a booking – because nothing ever clashed – because there was nothing there.
And yesterday I got an invite to visit Bosnia next month. Remind me again, how do you arrange international travel? What do I put in my bag? Toiletries, I need my travel set. Where did I put them?
I remember it used to take me just three weeks holiday before I had to think carefully before re-starting work to make sure I had everything right.
And now I have had a year long vacation from so many things. Boy this is going to be a challenge. How do you live life?