Billy Young's Blog - Posts Tagged "bus"

Amazing news on the tax front. The phone call seems to have worked as I got a letter with my new/old tax code on it. My wages were also back to normal which is a big load off of my mind. It comes just in time to cover some extra expenses getting to work next week. I usually get a lift off of a work colleague but he is on holiday from today. Last week when I noticed the tax error I was expecting some especially tough times in the coming seven days. As it is getting the bus is still costly. More so than I think is reasonable but then again the company that runs the service has a monopoly on the route so they can set the price as they see fit. Of course they would argue that it is due to fuel cost and that there aren’t as many customers using that bus. Yet whenever I have used it over the years it has seemed well patronized by those that live and work up the Irvine Valley. Not much though that you can do about it other than pay or walk to work and it is a little far to walk. I know some would cycle to get there but it is too dark a road at this time of year at the time of morning that I would be travelling to work. Well that is my excuse which I will be sticking too, hehehe. I still have to look forward to some earlier rises so I can catch the bus on time. That is one of the things that make you grateful of getting a lift in the morning, that extra twenty minutes in bed. It is only for a week though so not that bad.

The rain is keeping me from doing much in the way of gardening this weekend. I was looking forwards to it after a hard week. Yeah more trouble with that supervisor at work. He is also the one I got a lift to work from but this week things got so bad that I cut of my nose to spite my face. So now I go for the bus which adds to the length of the working day though the journey is far more pleasant than it has been recently. It might cost me more financially yet it is a small price to pay to get just a little more space between myself and Norman it is well worth it.
To add to my woes this weekend I have come down with a head cold. So maybe it is a good thing that the weather is against me for gardening. Still there is a lot that needs doing around my tiny plot. The fences that were damaged during the winter storms still have to be repaired. One at the back and the other at the side. The one at the back needs a new post, while the other one needs the panel rebuilt. I'm not sure if I will fix the one at the back as there is a hedge there that I can leave to fill in. Over the years I have kept the top of the hedge trimmed as much as I can from my side of it. Where the fence was is very bare but with the sunlight it won't take long for leaves to fill the hedge in. Of course I will need to remove the remaining fence to tidy up the appearance, make it look uniform.
That might be something to do on my coming holiday. Yes after next week I will be on holiday for a week. Not that I am going anywhere, when do I ever? So I have the garden centre to go to get those plants that I still wish to grow this year, as well as other supplies that I need for a fruitful season.