All change!

It's going to be a very busy week for me at work as we are having new flooring put down, which means we will be closed until around 4pm on Friday. It's all worked out well as Maureen is on holiday this week and Mum is going into hospital tomorrow for an operation on her knee. We've also given Polly the week off and our cleaner, so the place is going to be very quiet indeed!

We had big plans for today but the gremlins must have been around as things didn't work out quite as planned. The floor man was an hour later than expected and the scissor lift that we'd ordered for around 9am never turned up at all! Keith and Ian were due to use it to replace some of the fluorescent tubes but they had to give up on that idea. It's a good thing we're closed all week as it would have been a complete waste of a day. We also had Playfix in to replace some of the worn out vinyl padded mats and they didn't arrive until past 2pm, instead of midday!

I did the urgent office jobs in case I couldn't gain access to the office later in the week! Here are some photos of the floor before work started:

The workmen ripped the old floor up so easily!

We had a problem moving the very heavy Coca Cola vending machine but Keith and Ian managed it by sliding steel tubes underneath, a la Stonehenge!

Very soon all the old tiles had been pulled up and the dust and debris swept away. They then put down a seal over the whole floor. It was looking better already!

I picked Sophie up from her friend's house and we went off to the gym, leaving the Playfix men still working away. We had a good workout and a relaxing time in the spa and then it was time to call into work on the way home and see if the men had finished. Luckily they had so I was able to lock up and shut the gates. I was facing the prospect of having to go home and come back later, but it all worked out very well!