It was the sort of day that doesn't get a title

 It was a day of waiting for phone calls and seeing adjusters and listening to the constant whine of a compressor drying the walls and us determinedly not being driven up them.

I finally watched whole episodes of Downton Abbey (very late to that party) and did loads of washing and mother-in-law recut hair (still perfect but now tapered more) and redid Paris's highlights and we had ravioli and played pool badly.

See - more taper here

I also had some technical issues. Due to something or other Luddite my phone is not esim compatible which is as much research as I have done regarding connectivity while here.

This hasn't limited me too much as mother-in-law has WiFi and folks that I need to talk to here are all contactable via mother-in-law and folks that I need to talk to elsewhere I can get through social media so have had little to require it. 

One day of international roaming costs $10, and it is charged for 24 hours from the moment you accept a call or text or make one.  

I did pay for 1 day to speak to Paris's school so she could continue with her work.

However today I should have known there would be issues as Dad, who I ring nearly every morning at 7.25am, couldn't pick up his end because Messenger would ring once and disappear. He then sent me a voicemail which I couldn't download and we continued in this fashion until he rang again and I, despite the dose of Scots, answered the $10 phone call.

Which was very stressful for both of us - no video for Dad meant a huge comprehension issue and on his end the line kept dropping out until it disconnected and I couldn't get through calling back.

Luckily my sister-in-law went to see them today.

Then I got an extended family message to beat the drums for another of the older generation and so I did what I could from here that someone will be able to advise the right people. 

I even inadvertently discovered another familial vendetta that one particular branch specialises in which is just so petty and tiresome. Just passing along news, not looking to start, maintain or broker anything here!