We were having an early morning cup of tea in bed, when Blue projectile vomited yellow bile. He was having a quiet cuddle and gave no warning of the impending discharge. Only our pillows escaped! Anita was hardly awake while we were stripping the bed.
Our window tint workers arrived soon after that first problem was sorted out. They did a very careful job of scrapping off excess silicone and other spits and spots before using a special machine to clean the glass. I asked what the machine did and learnt that essentially it foamed up baby shampoo. After the film was applied, the windows looked brand new. I haven’t rushed to replace the flyscreens or blinds as I want to assess the impact of the tinting on the claimed heat reduction.
I saw my GP about the lingering Covid symptoms, but there doesn’t appear to be any treatment to speed up recovery. I will continue with a puffer to reduce my coughing and rest as much as possible.
We spent the afternoon watching the cricket and researching flights and hotels for our European trip. Bluey was quiet all day, but wanting to sit on a human lap. He recovered well enough to want to eat, so he had two small meals.
I had to empty water from the pool again as the level had risen 70 mm from the rain. I carefully opened the doors and lifted the roof off the pool equipment shed, and managed to complete the job without disturbing this blue tongue lizard.
I walked Bluey to the park and caught up with a couple of friends. When I got home, Anita was mopping up water from the bathroom floor, the result of the bath overflowing. She got distracted and forgot she was running a bath. I siphoned water out of the bath into the floor drain and helped dry the floor. She had run a hot bath so the floor was warm under foot.
I went downstairs to see if any water was dripping through the ceiling of the bedroom under the bathroom. I could hear dripping onto the top of the ceiling, but so far, it has not soaked through the plasterboard. We moved the mattress, bedding, and lamps to another room in case water does start to drip through. We will just have to wait and see if there will be any significant damage.
We don’t know what material was used for the floor under the bathroom tiles, but house plans state the bedroom ceiling under the bathroom was to be soundcheck gyprock lining and acoustic bats were to be installed between the bathroom floor and the ceiling of the bedroom. I think this was done as it is quiet in the bedroom when someone walks around upstairs in the bathroom, except the sewerage pipes were not soundproofed! Both downstairs bedrooms have sewerage pipes hidden behind a plasterboard wall in the wardrobes. These should have been installed outside the house.
Just after finishing that job, a neighbour rang to say she had an alert from her alarm company. She is away so asked me to check her house from the street. It all looked OK, but I will suggest she upgrade her sensors as she often gets these alerts and they are probably caused by geckos or insects.
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