30 July 2011

In which we are certified

Stove Project: Day 11
No, not certified insane (although it might happen any time soon). Engineer works all day to complete all the wiring of alarms and sensors. Mate assists as required, but spends most of the time taking advantage of the fact that the mattress is out of the guest cabin to hand sew a large tuck in the cover so that it fits smoothly instead of having to be tucked under by hand during bed-making as has been happening for the last 7 years.
We decide we need to keep the hire car we have for another couple of days so that we can get provisions, but find that the hire people are happy to give us an alternative car, but need ours back. So we have to juggle getting Bryan the gas man back for the final check and certification with doing the car swap. We get the timing all wrong and finish up driving down the coast and back up in Friday night traffic, and poor Bryan has to wait about three quarters of an hour for us to return. But then he gives the whole installation the big tick, and we have the excitement of lighting the stove for the first time (engineer took a break to get the gas bottle filled during his day's work). It looks wonderful. We each make a trip to the ATM to get some cash, pay Bryan and thank him profusely, especially for waiting so long, then return to the chaos. Decide to start on that tomorrow. We have a ceremonial boiling of the kettle as we have nothing else to cook, and after a cup of tea we head to the Yacht Club for fish and chips, then collapse in front of the telly in our jim-jams. Early night.

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