Day 6033 (10/07/2026)

Nice to have power back on, and everything working, including our fans, as it is really hot again. 

Day 6032 (09/07/2026)

I had a slightly busy day at home, as a man came round, as the new router needed a software update, so it could speak to the wifi extenders.  It seems crazy that they just don't do this when they are setting them up, but hopefully it should mean no problems going forward.  Then I had an online meeting, which went on a bit but was ended abruptly, as the power went off and didn't come back until 1am. 

Thomas had a slightly and probably quite expensive mishap in the car on the way home, when he kerbed it a bit, smashing the side skirt and splitting a tyre.   

I didn't shout, he is in one piece and its not that big a deal in the large scale of things.  

As we couldn't make dinner, we went out for a nice pizza to Ludacrust. 

Lovely pizza's, with a nice hazelnut cannoli for afters. 

Then home, and as the power was still off I went out to water the garden, whilst it was getting dark.  

Day 6031 (08/07/2026)

Another early day, busy day, with more modernisation, with quite a grumpy man from BT fitting the new fibre-optic broadband. 

Then I went off to the gym, which was sweltering. 

Then back home, and getting slightly obsessed with the power usage and how it goes to maximum when you put the kettle on, or the shower, which is obviously runs for a lot longer than a kettle take to boil.   

I had a day of monitoring something online, so just had a quick dinner of leftovers with my wife. 

Day 6030 (07/07/2026)

It was an early start, as we were having new smart fitters in the garage, replacing the old ones, and in the case of the gas meter, apparently, a very old one.   

Now to arrange the garage conversion, and getting an ev car charger fitted. 

I did some brunch. 

And then a bit later we went to do some chores, have a nice cool iced coffee and get some stuff for dinner, making a nice Greek salad in the evening.  

Day 6029 (06/07/2026)

Back at work and back at the gym.

Later afternoon, when my wife came home from work, we finished off the last of the leftovers.  

Day 6027 & 6028 (04 & 05/07/2026)

I was up fairly early on Saturday morning, and did lots of stuff in the garden, before it got too hot.

Then we had some nice brunch and a relaxing day.

Then in the evening we ordered a very new Japanese place in Taunton, Ebisu, which was really tasty.  

Sunday I saw my parents in the morning, then had a relaxing day, watching the British Grand Prix, before warming up the left-overs, with a few extras for dinner. 

Day 6026 (03/07/2026)

My wife was working today, so I got on with quite a bit of work in my office, updating a few things. 

We had a nice fish pie & peas in the evening. 

Day 6025 (02/07/2026)

I felt slightly more human after a good nights sleep but still not quite back to normal. I had to go to my parents first thing, to sort out a few things, then came home to do some work. 

In the evening I had some of the left over pizza.

Whilst my wife, who is still suffering with her bad tooth, went for some soft mash & beans but I made her make a (scary) face out of it. 

Day 6024 (01/07/2026)

It's July already.  

I hadn't felt great during the night, so ended up laying on the couch after a few hours in bed, I felt better but still really bad, my whole head was in agony, although it was nice not to have the pain from the tooth. 

We had pizza in the evening, which was tasty but a struggle as my jaw was still aching. 

Day 6023 (30/06/2026)

I was up early, and then off to the dentists, and 4 injections and 20 minutes of struggling later my tooth was out. 

It was massive and put up quite a fight. I didn't take a photo of the other side, which showed a crack going all the way down the tooth, so it needed to come out. I went home, doing some work but felt awful, and had to lay down for a while. 

After a few hours I felt slightly more human, and had a soft to eat pasta for dinner, then went to bed early. 

Day 6022 (29/06/2026)

All back at work and thankfully its a lot cooler this week. The infection is a lot better and I can't wait to have my painful tooth out. 

I made a nice late lunch / early dinner for us when my wife came home from work, using the leftover sauce from yesterdays dinner, with some rice, like a cheats quick risotto, with the leftover salmon. 

And then later Thomas had the leftover soup. 

Day 6020 & 6021 (27 & 28/06/2026)

The weekend and still a few hours to relax until properly back at work (well for my wife anyway). We had a nice brunch. 

And some more salad for diner. 

On Sunday my poor wife went back to work, in her uniform in the heat, even though it was a bit cooler now, it was still hot to be in a uniform after two weeks, spent mostly in shorts & t-shirt.  

I saw my parents for breakfast, then went home and made a nice poached salmon dish I had seen online. 

Very tasty, but I probably made a bit too much sauce.  

And I made a big Tiramisu with the leftovers, for us to share, which was very nice.