A funny old day that was mainly spent tidying and waiting for deliveries. I was expecting an IKEA delivery, and if I am being honest, I waited with a sense of dread. The main reason being that I have experienced nightmares with them as a company before. Had I been blogging at the time, the posts describing the day bed debacle would now be legendary. This incident was sadly about ten years ago, and believe me, the scars are only just healing. It was with a sense of vulnerability that I decided to try their new home delivery service (Well i assume it is new....it never used to exist). It all seemed very efficient...I received a text or two confirming the delivery date, then on the day I received a phone call telling me they were about 45 minutes away. Almost exactly 45 minutes later, I received a knock at the door, and sure enough, it was a large delivery man with a large collection of boxes. I was delighted with the service, and all the right bits appeared to be in the right boxes. I was however, slightly disappointed. The burly delivery man seemed to manage all the boxes with ease, but he then proceeded to tell me that I would need help to lift them upstairs, and it might be an idea to open the boxes and carry them up bit by bit. He did this in a voice that was perhaps only one step away from asking me if I wanted a nice cup of tea and a slice of cake. I was being spoken to like I was a withered old man, not a prime example of British Beef in his prime both intellectually and physically! This irked me greatly, and I then, in a fit of pique I might add, proceeded to carry the boxes up the stairs...UNAIDED! How I laughed at his memory as I swept the boxes up onto my shoulders. I was still angry about it a few hours later, and I expressed this to Mrs Plug as she helped me get the bookcase up the stairs....
In other news, I received my mini portable and dare I say, deeply cute recording studio. It is almost small enough to fit in a top pocket, and the quality is absolutely superb. I recorded an awful version of Crazy by Patsy Cline to prove it, and may be tempted to post it up online should my fans demand it of me.
In other news....the iPad has still not been delivered. The thing is, I am so busy at the moment that I doubt I will have the time to anything much with it. I might blog from it of course.
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