8 October 2007

Holidays today, and what a day to be leaving Jamaica. It has been cats and dogs all morning, and a positively chilly 23 degrees. Kids have been packed off to school so Lady of Leisure and myself have a full day to sort out the suitcases. This is fine by me, but LoL would normally take a week to do this..... we're going to forget something.

The house has not yet flooded because of the rain, mostly because we are getting better at blocking up the door. Water is still seeping through the wall but there is little we can do about that. The rain will give another excuse for the workmen not to come around to fix the guttering. I think another slavo off to the letting agent and landlord is warranted.
After lunch, and literally hours before my deadline expired, whence I would be withholding rent, a team of crack Jamaican handy me came to fix the guttering. There 5 of them and as far as I could ascertain, 4 of them were foremen. Is this an indictment of illiteracy rates in Jamaica? Regardless, the four of them did a marvellous job directing the individual up the ladder. 2 brackets, 4 nails and 5 minutes later – job was complete less than 6 weeks after I notified the landlord.

Off to the airport.....