Magnetic Attraction

Tuesday mornings are never wonderful, there is still too much of the week left, but this week Tuesday started badly and got worse. Sam reluctantly got up and got ready for school, he had the television watching Everybody Loves Raymond, I don't love Raymond, he gets on my nerves so I didn't look at the television, I was busy getting on with my usual morning routine. When I finally glanced at the television I saw a broad green line running right across the screen. Sam crumbled under interrogation and admitted that he had rolled a large magnetic ball baring across the screen. When asked why he said it just sort of happened when he was wondering if the ball would make a narrow line or a broad one! This is not his first encounter with television screens and magnets and I was seriously annoyed, but my response was nothing in comparison to Robbie's - it was a case of light the blue touch paper and retreat! The television has recovered now but it may take Sam a little longer to forget the incident.

The rest of my day was marred by doing battle with an incompetent insurance company and an even more incompetent phone company, difficulty booking the car in for an MOT, unwelcome political canvassers and worse of all a moron claiming to be from Southern Electric who I found in my garden who addressed me as 'darling'. I assured him in no uncertain terms that I wasn't his darling and there was absolutely no chance in this world that I ever would be! He then tried to insist that I was one of their customer - I am not their customer and if that scruffy, gum chewing yob represents their idea of customer service, I never will be!

After a day like that I hope Wednesday will be better!