Warning – this post contains builders. If you’ve never had any experience of dealing with builders then please feel free to skip to the middle of this post, the “I went for a run” part. If you’ve ever had any building work done on your house, or if you’ve watched Grand Designs and are currently contemplating it, then read on. Friday has always been my long run day. However I knew it wouldn’t happen today because the builders were coming. We are just about to start our loft conversion and needed the Building Inspector to come and look into a hole dug outside our kitchen, and at two holes above windows.
The builders arrived just before 9 o’clock to wait for the inspector (apparently we were first on his list) and we took the time to discuss various complicated details of steel beams and purlins. We drank tea. We ended up deep in village gossip and still the inspector hadn’t arrived. After an hour and a half they went off to do other things. Inspector finally arrived around twelve. I rang the builders who came back and the inspector duly* gazed into holes, passed judgement, and left. Builders filled in the hole, chatted some more and went at about 1pm, promising to return around three when the Roofer was coming to discuss scaffolding.
I looked in the fridge to see if there was anything inspiring for lunch, found there wasn’t, and decided to pop out for a short run instead whilst the coast was clear. I got into my running gear, strapped on my Garmin and had just shoved my hair off my face with a hairband when the doorbell went. Guess who? It was the builders of course. They were off to price some steel up and could I just photocopy the specs… They left, again, AND I WENT FOR A RUN! It was just three miles, it was slow, but it was a chance to stretch out my stiff hamstrings and enjoy the sunshine. It was wonderful.
It is now three o’clock. I’ve run, showered, my running kit is in the washing machine and I’ve had my lunch. Guess what I’m doing now – I’m waiting for the builders to come back.
* my predictive text auto corrected this to ‘dully gazed into holes’ which is much funnier
Ah builders. My thoughts are with you at this difficult time…
Thank you. Until you’ve experienced them, you can’t understand! All together now “It will be lovely when it’s finished”
Not more builders! Loving Black Cat’s Titanic efforts 🙂
Yes – they’re back again! Like childbirth, we’ve obviously forgotten what it was like last time. Sadly, couldn’t persuade Tabby Boy to sit behind Black Cat, Leonardo Di Caprio style, but I think she did a pretty good solo effort.
Builders. It is the law that they be late. Certainly in the job description.
I love the cat picture!
Thank you. I think builders have their own time zone! Having said that, they arrived bang on 8am this morning so I can’t complain too much