the sky was bright and sunny the water temperature measured LESS THAN THREE BRITISH DEGREES!!!!*
it was a bit like being electrocuted
or maybe galvanised
I came home and chiselled up all the awful old ceramic tiles covering the Boot Room floor, filling several boxes with heavy-concretey hardcore then hefting them all outside by the back gate, then I mended all the broken things in the Boot Room and swept it all tidy and shiny.
The Man came home and said
I see you took the floor up - that must've been nice and easy
Shuntaro Tanikawa.
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Sweet Mary Sunshine!! YOU swam in the ocean???? brrrrr and brrrrrrr somemore! I do like The Man's penchant for understatement. ;) xoxo
ReplyDeleteBbrrrrrr indeed, but amazing when it stops xxxoooxx
DeleteWhatever the scale, that sounds damn cold!
ReplyDeleteArctic LX Arctic!!
DeleteYes, men can be masters of the understated.
ReplyDelete... and don't we just love em?
DeleteOf course. But just wait for his response when you get into bed and slide your Arctic feet along his leg...
DeleteSounds like the freezing swim got you motivated!
ReplyDeleteWeird thing is that my boot room was tidied and cleaned this weekend - a job that has been put off for 5 years. The floor didn't go anywhere though!
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I've long suspected that we might be twins, separated at birth, now living parallel lives xxx
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