Day 7.114: Exile #2's Sunday Column #3

Exile #2 writes...

We're at that point you reach soon after taking possession of a house, where you discover all the little things that don't quite work: the valve that allows the heating in your bedroom to be set at off or sauna, the cooker hood that makes a lot of appropriate noises but doesn't seem to extract much of anything, the reluctant blinds that will only come down in stages or not at all if they're feeling a bit ornery. Finding imperfections can, however, make you start to imagine problems that aren't there. On Monday, I persuaded myself the dryer had broken down. I pressed buttons and turned dials with increasing dismay until I looked down and realized the door was open.

We're also still regularly playing match the switch to the fitting. My personal favourite is in our bedroom, where the first switch (ie the one you reach for) is the ceiling fan so each evening it gets a little spin, just for good measure.

We are gradually dealing with some of the things that need fixing up. We have cleared the yard a bit and painted the rusty metal window frames and storm door but as with previous weeks, we have made sure to balance our work with some play. On Friday, we visited the local museum to look at a great display of historic dress. There were many beautiful pieces from the late 1700s onwards and some interesting text about what innovations they demonstrated in materials or design. I couldn't help feel that it all went downhill with the invention of Nylon, as demonstrated by a pink prom dress. It was "not my favourite" as E5N1 has learnt to say when describing food for which he is "yet to develop a taste".

Yesterday, we had a day that was all kinds of awesome but Exile #1 is busy with that. Instead, I'll leave you with a window into E5N1's brain, who has decided that the school menu item "burger on a bun" is just silly. Why not put it inside?