Monday 4th. March

We have no idea when “our reader” will see this next post.....we are having internet “issues” this evening. That’s pretty rich seeing as “he who knows everyone and everything now he is a States Member” went to a meeting with Jersey Telecom this evening before coming home. It was a “catch up” for JT to explain how things went wrong back before Christmas....you’ll have seen that they have had a “bit of a problem” with people being paid to “sit at home”.....while JT continued to pay the bill. Anyway, so much for fibreoptic cables (which we don’t have yet.....) .....our connection to the outside world is NOT working this evening. We know where this is heading......especially as he who needs the internet for his “work” will very shortly be entering new levels of stress. When you think that not very many years ago we didn’t have laptops and smartphones.......how did we survive? This blog will be posted up into the ether and who knows when it will appear for “our reader” to look at?

Family activity today was fairly normal.....Bex had another two interviews (the girl doesn’t need a job....she spends all day going to interviews....when would she have time to work?), Jack was back off night shift, Barista Boy had a “lunchtime shift”....Mum had dog duties interspersed with various sport/fitness activities, Tom was mooching around waiting a) for the internet to return and b) waiting for Real Madrid to arrive in Manchester.....and Dad had a series of “1 hour meetings scattered all over the island”.....there was no chance of him saving the planet today.....the amount of diesel he burned!

Tomorrow evening’s discussion will no doubt be dominated by the States.....it’s a “States Day”. We know what the subject will be....the Police Station. Dad has co-authored a report (published last week) that has been rubbished by certain other politicians today. He’s not overly impressed.....but apparently that’s normal (so he’s told)......without question there will opinions offered when he gets home.

Before we go......we started today with one of our builders having “a bit of a problem with his van” in our yard first thing. Said builder was changing tyres, pulling out a very dented wing, and generally trying to repair his van. It turns out that he had demolished a very large section of our neighbours wall while negotiating a bend up the road.....well actually NOT negotiating would be a better phrase. He had apparently just come around the bend when his cup of coffee “jumped out of the cup holder and poured itself all over his lap”. Unsurprisingly, this caused him to veer suddenly to the right and into said wall.........there’s no doubt that he hit the wall (it’s completely demolished) but whether the cup of hot coffee was actually in the holder is anyone’s guess. He’s seen the owner ...and the insurance is taking over.....lucky he’s a builder!!