Ping pong piano

Nick

31 Aug 2025 — 1 min read

Hello! Happy Sunday :)

It's Sunday. For a hot minute I forgot there's a boat to finish, I'm trying to remember what actually happened this week... I did reseal one of the kitchen windows, fixing the most egregious leak, but the rest of it I spent on me, and work — I have a contract finishing next week, and I'm looking for the next thing.

Oh and my piano... I picked up my old one, and how I've missed it:

The blue tape marks the centre line of the ping-pong court.

And next week, the kitchen arrives. They said "week commencing Sep 1," which could mean 8am tomorrow morning, in which case I'm fucked. Let's hope I have a few days to finish the floor and sort the mess out...

Until next Sunday!

- Nick

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