update on the dishwasher/house

I love it. It does all the hard dishes (like plastic containers), and the pots and pans, sticky utensils, etc. as well as the regular dishes. SO SANITY.

I don't mind having to load/unload it. Usually if I leave it long enough, B1 unloads it. I may have to train her a bit better on how to use it - particularly the effective use of it. Unfortunately, the eco wash doesn't tend to do a very good job, so it's the regular dishwash or the pots-n-pans load for us: hot water, stronger detergent, a really good clean.

It means I no longer dread cooking, that I know I can put things in the dishwasher and they'll come out clean without me labouring over a sink for an hour or more and feeling resentful.

I mean, there are still things that need washing up, but, wow. DISHWASHER. SO GOOD.

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I am now looking at house renovations/extensions. ( ramble )

work upside

Welp. They've extended my contract for another year.

My initial talk (about three weeks ago) only mentioned six months, although I figured I'd be renewed for the six months after that.

Admittedly, I think there's like three weeks' notice if they want me gone (unless I've committed a federal crime in which case it'll probably be three hours or something), and one week's notice on my part. So it's not a hard-and-fast cladding. But it does mean I have a regular job for the next twelve months.