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The Aliens from a parallel reality have finally arrived. They eventually turned up at 8:30pm on Friday 10th of November, armed with several bin bags of clothing and surprisingly little else. Having deposited their few possessions they left in order to shop for food. They returned later with one box of 6 Mince Pies and a take-away each. All very nutritious you understand.
On Saturday it was time for the furniture to arrive, by the car load. Three car loads in fact. I was most surprised when they actually managed to fit it all into our box room and still managed to get in the door.
One of the items they bought with them was a wireless broadband router. I was tasked with installing this to allow our guests to connect their laptop PC and Xbox360 to my broadband connection. It was surprisingly easy to install and setup. Oddly it seems to have improved my PC’s internet access speed and this with 2 extra devices connected.
We are now 3 weeks into this arrangement and I’m surprised how it has work thus far. I completely expected to be sick of the sight of them within a week. This has not happened and most of the time I hardly notice their presence. In fact there have been a number of benefits. These include,
- Conveniently located Baby Sitters.
- Someone to talk to when my Wife is at work.
- Emergency transportation when a crisis arises, which is common with my Wife’s family.
- Occasionally I haven’t needed to cook for myself.
- We’ve used the rent money to buy ourselves a much needed new bed.
There are also a few downsides,
- My Brother-in-Laws work clothes get so dirty that when washed the drain blocks up.
- His Girlfriends’ long hair blocks the bath trap.
- There’s no room in the fridge for my sandwiches.
- Our hallway looks like a shoe shop.
- I keep finding unwashed baking trays in the oven.
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