Satisfied

I am now fully burglar alarmed. It took the chap much less time than I’d been told so that was good – and my neighbours were probably quite relieved given the amount of drilling noise there was plus various tests on the alarm that meant it ringing very loudly. I can now set the alarm when I go out and also when I go to bed at night. I can go from my bedroom to the bathroom but if I got anywhere else the alarm will go off. I couldn’t set it last night though because a friend was staying in my spare room and I think my neighbours would have been even less impressed if the alarm had gone off at night. I do also have a panic button by my bed if I am feeling particularly paranoid and hear strange noises in the night. There’s a joke there somewhere but I’m too tired to work out what it is…

Going to see my financial adviser was fine as well. I am only doing part of what he suggested at the moment though, as I explained to him that I thought I might get to the end of the month and have absolutely no money if I’m not careful. So I want a bit of time to work out what my outgoings are each month. I have lots of things I need to sort out anyway though, so if I don’t have enough to occupy me where I live then I can spend the rest of the time working out what to do with my finances. I think I need to get some new interests.

While I was out yesterday afternoon I went to John Lewis in Oxford Street and one of the staff there said to a colleague about going to get something from a “cakery”. Her colleague asked what a cakery was and she replied “You know… the place they bake cakes”. Erm, yes… worrying. There was a story in the paper the other day that a lot of children don’t know what animal pork or lamb comes from – or where yogurt comes from (I’m not sure I could answer the last one with a very exact description). It seems those children may be in good company.

I finished reading Red Leaves by Thomas H Cook. Mr Cook gets a big thumbs up from me, a really good book and a *much* better read than the last book I read. I got to the end and was left with lot of “if only…” points in my mind, which was not because the plot was ludicrous but because it was a well put together story. My faith in crime writers is restored.

Oh and I know about Teeny’s tag but will have to apply my brain to it as I don’t own an iPod.