Ok, thanks!!

Our car goes in for MOT today, husband is not very hopeful that it will pass, it's old and tired (bit like us!).  I'm just trying not to think about it.  If it passes (well, if it doesn't we'll just have to fork out more money to get it repaired so it does pass), we're thinking about trading it in for a different car, not the same make as our present one as we've had one thing after another wrong with it and it's drained us financially.  I don't really care what car we have, or even how old it is (it will have to be several years old), just as long as it's fairly tidy, reliable and cheap to run.  And with a big enough boot to hold Betty's travel cage.

Yesterday I took the bull by the horns and emailed our landlord about the noise next door.  I was polite in the email (which will surprise some people who know me, as I do tend to speak my mind and be quite blunt), I said I know the work has to be done and there's nothing much they can actually do about the noise, however, we wanted them to know exactly what impact the works and noise are having on our lives and our general sanity.  I also said we feel we are continually being forced out of our home just to get away from the noise, which means we can't get on with things we need to do here, and are having to fork out more for fuel for the car.  His response?  He said sorry.  Well, that makes it alright then.  He spoke to husband....I suppose it's best for his sake (and ultimately ours, I guess) that he didn't speak to me, or he might have had his ears chewed off.  He also told husband that the remaining works should 'only' take another 2 or 3 weeks....😵😡

I'm just glad the weather's been nice recently, I'd really hate to be stuck here indoors because it was chucking it down and having to listen to that racket constantly.