Earplugs

I think I'm going to wear earplugs on the train. Yes, I'll look silly. Yes, it will be worth it. My ears are quite tired now and I'm pretty sure it is NOT from playing for 4 hours but from being on the Tube for 2.

I need a thermos; spending actual money on crap oily hot chocolate is just not on. However, I vow to only use this thermos for hot water. No soup, no macaroni and cheese, no hot chocolate, no tea. Then it won't get mouldy, and the world will be a Better Place. (I'll carry a mug to drink the packet soup and hot chocolate from - mugs are much easier to wash).

St. James' park was nice, if a bit rainy. I did not see any leaf-sucker-uppers today. I did see a marching band with red coats and great bearskin hats; I also saw a bunch of men on nice horsies. They (the men) were wearing rather a lot of metal and jingled a lot.

I have one and a half fishnet stockings finished. Hopefully by the end of the week I will be able to wear them.

Phoned landlord about boiler pump (again); he doesn't know yet when it will be fixed but I'll be speaking to him about it again this evening.

Must remember cheques from two of my students today. Perhaps Wednesday is banking day, since on Wednesdays I go past the bank, just before it closes, on my way to a student.

Got myself a photocard (finally) so I can get a 7-day travelcard instead of this silly business of buying a day travelcard every day. This will save me about £12.40/week, which is good.

Should bring laundry in before it gets further rained upon.

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Have thermos, proper (non-crap, non-leaky) water bottle, insulated mug with lid, and knife fork and spoon set. The mug is the only one that is really a splurge, and it is pretty and blue and when it is empty I can put a few packets of oatcakes in it, so if I'm planning a 'cheese and crackers with soup' lunch the crackers and maybe even some cheese can go in the mug until it is time to make soup in it, thereby saving a bit of space.

Oh, and a bunch of instant soups.

Failed to get: thick felt insoles for my boots, more sensible filofax pages. The filofax pages could in theory wait until the new year but the ones that I have do not really give me enough space on each day, particularly considering my working life is made up of many appointments, the longest of which is 2 hours. The thick felt insoles for boots should really not be that hard. All the camping shop had was special funky insoles for special funky hiking boots. I just want the thick wool ones that you cut down to size and then stick in the bottom of your boots. Is that so hard? Do they have those here? I don't want stupid odor-eating things either, they smell funny. I just want a little more warmth between the ground and my feet, to prevent the latter getting cold.

Wanted: instant (just add hot water) oatmeal in small satchet servings with little or no added sugar. I'm sure these exist, I used to eat them at Andrea's house, but I don't recall having seen them here for some reason. Perhaps a trip to a Larger Sainsbury's is required. Blame idoru for reminding me they exist!

Off to wash all my new dishes and pack my things for tomorrow!

My hair also really needs washing. I suspect it will wait. Still no hot water and I don't fancy going to bed with wet hair. Perhaps in the morning the cold shower thing will seem a little more appealing. Really wish we had one of those electric shower things, then I could still have hot bath (although it would be expensive hot bath).