Doing something called off due to rain

Yes, I know I said I'd do something today to make up for yesterdays general absence of somethings but the inclement weather intervened forcing me to alter my plans somewhat: I tided and cleaned instead. Constructive? Yes. Exciting? No.

I'd planned on doing some cleaning this weekend anyway, since one of my best friends is coming to visit for a couple of days, starting tomorrow evening. What I hadn't counted on was Kim's (my flatmate) mother also coming to visit this weekend. Kim's mother is perfectly friendly and polite, and, for reasons I don't understand, utterly terrifying. She arrives every once in a while and cleans the house from top to bottom in a display of furious energy which is frightening to behold. I'm embarrassed to admit that I generally stay well out her way whilst this process is going on - I honestly feel like I'd only get in the way, contrary to my usual instinct to pitch in and help. So instead I cleaned and tidied my own room which I will confess was in a slight state of disarray (notice my clever use of understatement).

One good thing came of all this when I finally decided that I'd had enough of my infuriating tv aerial. When I first moved here I spent a good deal of time waving the aerial in the air in an attempt to find a place for it where it might pick up all channels. It was a surprisingly difficult process. One particular spot might receive BBC1 & 2. Move down a foot and six inches to the right to get channel four. Keep it there and move one of the extending prongs parallel to the first to get BBC3 & 4. Channel 5 seemed to live in it's own little corner of the world by the window, and I gave up caring about ITV a long time ago. Trial and error prevailed in the end and I eventually found the precise location where all channels would come through clearly - in very nearly the exact center of the room at approximately head height. The ensuing arrangement of furniture to accommodate this was awkward to say the least. But today I finally snapped. I rushed out to Maplins to purchase a new battery powered aerial. I've always been suspicious of these devices, but by golly it worked. The aerial is now tucked out of sight on the window ledge behind a curtain and my furniture is placed in a pattern that doesn't make me appear to be a crazy person..

And one of my bestest friends is coming to visit tomorrow. I'm happy.