Light and shade
I've mentioned before how money in my life is held in some weird karmic balance that I don't fully comprehend, such that sudden influxes of money are more often than not matched with sudden outfluxes to more or less the same value.
It seems to hold true for other aspects of my life. Take today. I opened my blinds this morning to reveal slightly less in the way of daylight than I was expecting. And rather than blue sky, I seemed to be staring at... portaloo. Canary yellow portaloo at that. Once of the consequences of the work that's currently taking place on the building it seems. Worryingly, the work is scheduled to last 18 months. The thought of staring out my window at an absurdly yellow portaloo for the next 18 months is vaguely depressing.
On the plus side, however, the light in the stairwell was magically repaired this morning, which means that I'll no longer have to unlock my front door in pitch blackness when returning home at night.
It seems small recompense however.
You could always approach the workmen with the suggestion that as you work from home, can they maybe relocate the porta-loo outside your bedroom window- or anywhere else for that matter,... you may be surprised at their willingness to be nice...
Fingers crossed!
You know, I think Matthew may have a good point. My first reaction was to think, "Yeah, RIGHT, like Edinburgh workmen are going to bust their buns for anyone", however I'm finding increasingly in life that there is so little niceness and kindness around (or at least it sometimes seems that way) that a kind request can be met with amazing willingness to comply. And who makes people want to make him happy better than an iMark? PS, we're back from New Zealand - and different than before (you may have noticed, this last post is Not Like Me At All).