Heatwave!

It's Official - after the biblical hail of Saturday - It's a Heatwave!

Surprisingly 14 Sumner is quite cool inside - the sitex steel grills keep it shady with a slight breeze. Outside the sun warms up the steel, the grills are hot to the touch, but the breeze seems to take the heat away, little of it makes into the flat. Chris leaves me to 'cut in' with the black floorpaint round the skirting board Pat painted on Thursday with varying degrees of success (Ooops! Sorry Pat). The board shows 3-4 people coming in for Tuesday and Wednesday looking particularly busy. It's tantalisingly close to being finished - so much so that each step forward (in making things look messy again) feels like a step back.

Soon there'll be nothing left to do but the 'snagging' - picking up the missed bits and blotches - see how quickly we've all learnt the secret argot of painters and decorators.

Tune of the day 'Tell me why (I don't like Mondays)' by the Boomtown Rats.