A Hamster in a Wheel

Here we are at the end of another week, another wettish week at that, and not a lot of progress made in any department. I started off the week weighing 54.1kg as reported in my last blog, then dropped a little to 53.8 which pleased me greatly, then went back to 54.1! GRRRR. The weight will start to come off though, of that I am sure as I am controlling my alcohol intake, and my bread intake and I have always found they make a huge difference.
I feel a bit like a hamster in a wheel this week, putting a lot of effort and time into I don't know what. Well let's see what I have done. I have written (and read) a large number of emails, ordered several items online...everything from an elf's costume to a hob and oven...(and that's another story), done some research for the Jacobite project, made a poster or two, taught a primary 2/3 class at Ballater for a day, taught a kids' dance class in Braemar, attended two drama rehearsals, went to a meeting with a business mentor as a follow up to the course we did on increasing B&B business,attended a castle meeting, cooked 15 meals for two, cleaned out a kitchen cupboard and the fridge, vacuumed, did laundry, watched TV......ad infinitum. Lots of stuff but nothing creative and I feel that if I haven't created or achieved anything of worth I have wasted my time. So let's see if I can do better tomorrow.
The story surrounding the new hob and oven is somewhat amusing and akin to the crazy beginnings you used to get in the series Six Feet Under, although luckily this one didn't lead to anyone's death....although it could have! When I went to clean the twin room after our guests left last weekend I discovered that bizarrely they had made tea in the kettle, instead of in the cup. Consequently the previously creamy/white kettle was now a dirty grey colour on the inside. Because it has a metal element inside I couldn't use Milton or similar to clean it so I decided to let some water boil in it, leaving the lid off so that it would continue to boil for a while. I left it to go about some other chores. After a time I heard a strange popping/puffing sound coming from the kitchen. The water had boiled over the top of the kettle and down under the hob (bad design) causing a short. Smoke was puffing out from the switches. It was a little scary but thankfully it didn't burst into flames. Richard immediately cut the power and our electrician neighbour came round to see what could be done. We now have only two rings working on the hob, and a long time ago one grill element burned out on the oven so we just decided that it was time to treat the kitchen to a new appliance. It will all be arriving next week sometime.
And by the way, I am doing two more days supply teaching at Ballater next week so I suppose I have at least earned a bit of money if I have done nothing else.
Ciao for now.