Off again

Bad night. Just before I went into deep sleep, the pain along the side I was lying on woke me up again. Last time I checked it was nearly two in the morning – but I woke up only a little late, so off to work I go. Or not. Flat tire. Front tire, one of the two I’d told my boss (who owns the car) needed to be replaced – six months ago! So I decided there’s no time like the present. Boss – as usual – doesn’t answer the phone, so I call the workshop and ask if they can come out, change the tire as I wasn’t feeling up to it. Good thing, too, since the jack in the car is missing a part. I couldn’t have changed it even if I had wanted to.

So they changed the tire and we drove to the workshop, which wasn’t too busy so I waited while they put on two new tires, replaced the leaking shock-absorbers and did the wheel alignment. I’d called work to let them know I’m not coming in today, and why. I was back home around eleven or twelve. Headache and dead tired, but if I sleep during the day, I won’t sleep tonight.

And to make sure I won’t wake up in pain again, I used an old trick: when I didn’t have enough cupboard space, I would ‘store’ the spare blanket on top of the mattress, under the sheets.

Had a lovely half-hour phone call from my first site manager – he’s in the states now, so it was his lunchtime. That’s one of the reasons I love my job: you meet people from all over the world, and sometimes you just connect and make friends. Good friends. Some of the people keep in touch – but that’s not everyone’s style, and that’s cool. But with most of them, when you meet up again you just take up again where you left off.

Took a couple of photo’s of the sunset – enjoy!