Early start
Up at three again today and watching the lightning over turkey. The thunderstorm started yesterday evening and may have been going on all night, I’m not sure, I was in bed by nine. It’s a way off at the moment, at least ten miles if you go by that thing of counting between flash and rumble, but it could well be heading back our way. Some of the flashes are severe, so I may have to go and unplug everything again just in case, leaving me, potentially, with a morning of writing by hand rather than on the PC.
We are in the habit of unplugging where there’s a storm overhead or even threatened because it’s not worth the risk. In the past, lightning has struck something on the island, and the surge in electricity has caused people’s modems, routers and even computers or TVs to blow, even if the strike wasn’t close by. So, we unplug the phone and line, the router and the TV. Better safe than sorry.
It has reminded me (again) that we need to clean and paint the bathroom roof to help prevent water leaking through, and I should go and check the gutters and make sure they are cleaned out. If they fill up, the water rises and trickles, or pours, into the building under the eaves. With the duvet back on the bed, and the hangings ready for doors and windows, we’re definitely in winter mode, though there’s still no need to dust and clean the heaters before firing them up again, not yet, not quite – we have the extra layers of clothing stage to go through first.
Also, winter season is here because Neil finished working at the Rainbow bar last night, so now has his whole days free. It will take a couple of them to adjust back to the routine and realise that there’s no need to plan his day around a 3 pm start time for work. And so, after those three random photos and those ransom thoughts, I will make the most of this early start and get some typing done while I can. I’m hoping the weather improves, or it at least doesn’t rain too hard, so I can get out to the shop and stock up the weekly groceries. Luckily, we don’t need to go to town as Neil did that yesterday when he went to the dentist. (€50.00 for treatment and a filling if you were wondering. Well, more like a reconstruction job than a filling, but finally looking brand new and no pain or discomfort involved. Symi dentists are the best!)
