THE MAN.

Disaster struck the other day. The Sky box broke. We're not sure if this was because there was a wire hanging loose at the back, because the cat was sitting on it, or a combination of both. Anyway, whatever, we had to call THE MAN.

THE MAN came this afternoon and at first things went very well. He was chatty with Kath and I and made a fuss over Tia (he had a dog just like her). But then we hit an awkward patch when he mentioned he's been doing a lot of work for Polish families. He started saying things about 'foreigners coming over here' and he didn't mind that, so long as it didn't 'get silly.'

While he stood in the middle of the living room fixing the box, Kath and I sat, mouths open like fish, as he carried on: 'My parents live up in Yorkshire and my nephews are at school and they don't know anything about Christianity. They're being told all about all these other religions.'

When he realised we weren't about to agree with him about what he was saying, he said, 'Mind you, there's an Indian family who I fixed the Sky dish for and they work bloody hard,' and finished his coffee in silence. Then off he went.

Creepy.

Anyway, besides that bigoted interlude to the day, I've had a kind of productive day. I woke up feeling a little ropey from last night and read my book on the sofa for a while before getting on with some work. Oh, and good news. I've been asked to a job interview in town on Tuesday of next week, which I hope goes well. Fingers crossed. It sounds like a nice place to work and it's local, so that's what I'm looking for really.

Tonight I've been cracking on with my synopsis, trying to get it from three pages down to one or one and a half at the most. It's not meeting me halfway, so I'm going to leave it till tomorrow.

Looking forward to the weekend, even though I have loads to do. I'm meeting Sara on Monday for some help in getting my website updated with new work, so need to get that organised, and am meeting Andy in Fowey on Sunday, which will be an adventure. Also need to do a dummy run to this company before Tuesday as I have visions of not being able to find it and having a crash with a deaf man again. But that's a whole other story.

xx