Mixed news... though mostly good ones

Survived the bi-weekly cleaning. Gah, I hated it - as always. And I didn't even manage to dust the bookshelves, which I usually do. Mum wanted the balcony being thoroughly scrubbed today, which meant a lot of furniture being moved around and other sh*t like that.

But... unexpectedly, common sense triumphed over the nay-sayers, and our building will get isolated, after all. Which means (I tentatively hope so) no more leaking balcony. They expressly asked whether our balcony is leaking, and promised that the people who do the whole isolating and renovating thing will look into it. *fingers crossed*

Of course, it is possible that I'll lose my satellite dish in the process. Placing it on the roof (8 levels above our flat) was allowed by the previous bunch that ran things for the building, and the new guys may have something against it. It will be a bugger to lose it after nearly 30 years, but the advantages (no more heating the street through the walls and no more leakage) outweigh the losses by far.

It will cost a pretty penny, of course. But since we haven't been able to go on holidays in the last three years, we'll be able to afford it.