Quinta das Abelhas

ohmigod i think our blog has it’s very first fan. i’m so excited. hey pablo, thanks for the comments. shall i start a fanclub? is that a bit pre-emptive? ok, tenho calma.

seriously, it’s really great to think that someone (apart from my mum!) actually reads all this waffle. and gives me a reason to try and be a bit more on the case with updating this ‘ere blog.

so, pablo & mum, you will be sad to hear, i am sure, that the car must away to the mechanic again on monday. i actually had to call him out to rescue me today when the so-called repaired brakes completely seized on me and lots of blue stinky smoke started pouring from them. i was a bit desperate as i was on my way to meet people at one of the holiday homes we manage - didn’t really want to be the reason their holiday got off to a bad start by not being able to get into the cottage they’d booked for the week. so, the mechanic finished his lunch quick and dashed out to rescue the damsel in distress - a quick temporary fix and i was on my way. hoorah! until i noticed when i left the cottage (after meeting the people who were almost an hour late - bah! well actually not bah cos i enjoyed some peace reading my book and not working on the computer for a change) …. anyway …. i thought, on returning to the car, that it was a little strange the brake lights were still on. after all, it was just sat there. parked. handbrake on. nothing else. i got in. took the handbrake off, and the car rolled back down the hill. as it should. so i made a mental note to mention the weird light thing to the mechanic and drove home. only half-way back the damn brakes seized on me again. damn. damn. damn. couldn’t decide whether to go straight to mechanic and dump the car then then try and get home, or just go home. after letting the brakes cool down and unstick of course - even i wouldn’t drive 20km with the brakes stuck on.

so … the car is now home with the battery disconnected so the brake lights don’t drain it and mean i can’t get it to the mechanic on monday. and the hire car is booked for me to show clients property for sale on monday and tuesday. and i am not thinking about where the money is coming from to pay for all this (and the 300 euros we already owe the mechanic cos we always get everything done on tic and then it just mounts up and it’s hideous and … ok, what was that i said about calma ….?

on the upside, we did manage to go shopping. and i did get chocolate. all is not lost.

Stumble it!

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