{ WHAT BE THIS I DOTH NOT EVEN.* }

[delga]

I left work at 3.15p yesterday so that I could get home for 5.30 (seriously) (no, seriously) because it turned out I couldn't order my repeat prescriptions the way I used to and I needed to sign up for the new system. Signing up for the new system involved corroborating my identity in the flesh, and the health centre normally closes before I get home, so: home early. I was annoyed about the whole thing until I went to order my repeats...and found that the new system is much more efficient and easy to use. So I guess: no pain, no gain.

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So, that ticking/scrambling noise in the wall. I alerted The Dad who, for the first time ever, did something about it straight away, and called up a guy who works in pest control. About five minutes into the conversation, it became apparent that the guy recognised my dad. How? Because he lives in the house across the street. He turned up after I got home, checked out the attic, came back at 7-8pm, donned a massive suit and sorted it out. 'It' being an enormous wasp nest. The Dad said he'd taken a look in the morning and couldn't see anything, but the guy who fixed it was like, "...seriously? It is fucking HUGE. As in, almost the length of the wall." Insert anguished wail of 'do not want' here.

Scratching intensified for a good few hours after that, but I can't hear anything now. THANK GOD.

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*) Dude, of course this is my new favourite thing. Of course.

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I am still trying to get to Mad Men, which is proving especially difficult this week for some reason.

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The moral of the story, which I have yet to learn, is not to wash your hair an hour before you sleep. I woke up this morning with my hair at twice its usual volume, and odds and ends everywhere. I have settled for an impromptu beehive-type arrangement, and because I couldn't get my hair to sit properly if I tied it back, a thousand grips in the back of my head. It is all going to fall apart the minute I step outside, but right now I am half working it. Right now. Shit, you missed it.