Men. That’s right. Men. 2 of them to be exact. Plus 1 father. That’s 2+1 = 3. 3 Men. In my house.

That’s (1+1+1)-x=total number of additional men that I want in my house, where x=3. Now for those having trouble following, that’s 3-3=0. 0 additional men that I actually want in my house. Zero. None. Zilch. And how many are there? 3. Count em; 1, 2, 3 of them – 3 That’s 3 more than I would like.

The 2 men staying over last night were on a sponsored walk from their point of origin to their destination. I was never sure from where to where. The point is that my dad said it wouldn’t impact on me one bit.

That however, is completely and utterly and totally so very very wrong. Firstly, when I got back from my rehearsal they were already in bed. You have to go through my dad’s room to get to the shower – and one of them was in his room (my dad was sleeping downstairs on the couch). So firstly, no shower at night.

Secondly – I wasn’t allowed to have the TV on at my normal volume or music because it was noisy and they were all in bed at the stupidly early time of 10pm.

And thirdly – I wasn’t allowed to use the washing machine to wash my clothes so that I actually had some clean ones for my first day back at work. And no shower in the morning – would have left me dressed like a 6th former with the smell of an abandoned dog covered in old socks. Fortunately, after a lot of arguing I actually won. Got my clean clothes, got my shower in the morning. All was groovy.

So I had my first day at work after a 6 week holiday. I’ve got an office now. We’ve got two technicians. They seem good, though one confused the hell outta me. Why someone would need a spanner instead of a screwdriver when removing a CD-ROM drive from a computer is beyond me. He even insisted on the spanner. We don’t carry spanners.

It was a pretty eventful day but I’m shattered right now but it’s gone well. I’ve not gotten fired yet. That’s always a bonus. Walked into 2 doors. Not such a bonus. One of the technicians said that I’d pulled when a year 8 girl turned around and said “oh hello” at me. Possibly a bonus under the right circumstances. I prefer not to think about it. Yeesh.

In other news; Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, Throws A Chair At “F*ing Google”. It’s F*ing fantastic. Like shoes with velcro. I miss my pair of velcro shoes.