The theme for today is maintenance - we finally got our washing machine fixed after a couple of weeks of mysterious leaks and random flashing lights, and in a couple of hours I'm going to pick up my restrung badminton racket from the sports shop in Cheam. It's a little annoying to have to meet this extra cost, but I guess these things happen. It's better to have the whole racket restrung than only doing the half dozen strings that have gone - think what would happen if you had to call the piano tuner in to only do the middle two octaves. The rest of the notes would sound a bit weird! In any case, I'm pretty happy with how I played on the Wednesday session. My 1st serve percentage was higher (less unforced errors) and the accuracy was generally better than last week.
I'm currently reading Out, by Natsuo Kirino. It's about four Japanese women working a soul-destroying night shift in a factory. One of them discovers her husband is spending all their money in strip bars and on gambling, so she kills him and seeks the help of her friends at the factory to dispose of the body. Problem is, the police are starting to ask questions, though the women are starting to find themselves up against more dangerous enemies, including a yakuza-connected loan shark and a nightclub and casino owner who has nothing to lose and everything to gain. Buy it!
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