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the protective goggles as well because a few times it would have caught me in<br />

the eye. I had read a lot about how to lay tiles on the internet and had also<br />

spoken to my Dad and Scott about it but I still managed to fuck up my first<br />

attempt. It took me much longer to chisel the mess I’d made back up and flatten<br />

the surface than it did for me to lay it correctly.<br />

You live and you learn though. Mistakes made add wisdom.<br />

It was nice to return to work and my sore limbs needed the rest. Marvin returned<br />

to my house and spent the week with Elly but there had been no progress on the<br />

construction of the kitchen or anything else when I returned on Friday<br />

afternoon. He had added to his weird structure in the garden and it now began to<br />

look like a fort.<br />

I was king of DIY though, I could have published a book on it. I would have left<br />

the pages blank and sold it with a pen. I was relishing building my kitchen and<br />

was glad when Marvin left, leaving me, Krueger and Elly alone. <strong>The</strong> three of us<br />

worked in unison putting the cupboards together. Krueger must have thought it<br />

was too easy as he kept nicking my screwdriver, that or he wanted to do it all by<br />

himself.<br />

<strong>The</strong> self assembly stuff from IKEA was a disappointment though. I opened the<br />

boxes and the pieces just laid there, self assembly my arse. No you needed the<br />

DIY king and helpers. <strong>The</strong> cupboards took time but were essentially easy,

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