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Tiistai 🇫🇮 Kedd 🇭🇺 Tuesday 🇬🇧

Back on track


I had a great night's sleep, finally, and it could have been a bit longer. Anyway, after a delicious breakfast and coffee, Ági asked me to put the remnants of the weekend bathroom revamp into our "non-existent-shed". While I was moving the 25-kilo sack, I strained the lower part of my back, resulting in a semi-excruciating pain. It got worse after sitting for long but got better after walking. C'est la vie. 

As for my English studies: I reviewed Charlette's previous lessons and found three words that I had to memorise - GRIT as in courage, HAGGARD as in looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes, and THE OG as in the original. Later I had a class with her, which was fantastic, as usual. After the lesson, I studied a bit, and just when I decided to practice tai chi, the locksmith called. He wanted to check the backdoor again before making the rails. That's my luck.

The weather was terrible today. It's been raining since early morning, and it doesn't seem to want to stop. The temperatures dropped, and the highest we measured was +20°C. Unusually cold in June. This time last year, we had to switch on the AC units. What a fickle weather!
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