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Monday 29 January 2018

Next....

Son is now moved into his flat. On the second floor with no lift.... You know how fit or unfit you are moving furniture up two floors, I can tell you!

Son was lagging behind Dad... it just shows how unhealthy playing video games is for you. I suggested him having my fold up bike in the flat so he can do some cycling in the summer. As he's down by the seafront it would be a nice place to do it. Cycle down the seafront for fish and chips or an Ice Cream...

As it is, the week or two he's got to wait before he gets Internet installed is going to hurt him badly... youngsters and their priorities.

In the meantime, he can sort out where the furnituire is going. Dad bought some stacking storage boxes for him, so he can spend a day or two moving stuff from unstackable cardboard boxes to the decent plastic ones. That'll save space.

Sadly these days social housing doesn't include flooring, so I'm working on finding someone to give him a grant towards carpet at least in his lounge. Currently he has bare unsealed concrete floors.

We have some spare laminate that may cover his bedroom floor. Well I hope it's enough.

Laying that will take up another Saturday or Sunday.

It's a good job I have these skills.... :-)

2 comments:

  1. Good on you Mark - that's what parents are for! Where would they be without us parents to continue to help them on the way. Ours are all into their 30's, a couple married, but we never cease to be parents!! It's a lifelong job.

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  2. Alden, it's sometimes a full-time occupation, but as they get older they find stability and their own way. Well, that's what I'm hoping! In the UK the housing market is so messed up and expensive it's hard to settle. I was married and had a house mortgage etc. at 28. Some of ours are over 30, renting and have no way of earning the money to buy a house locally. So I may be on call for a while longer!

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