Reality televsion puns aside, I'm on my own for 2 weeks while my parent is overseas. No doubt most would relish the occaision for uninterrupted perambulation, but I dread the associated drudgery of additional residential maintenance. I do not own a dishwasher, measurements on all of the appliances are imperial, and my alarm clock has a nasty habit of not going off.

If I fail to post any updates within a week or so, it's either because I'm slaving away over a sink, or I have forgotten to take the garbage bin out and have passed out with the stench. Ahem. Wish me luck. No doubt this ghastly experience will force me to recognise the value of a) a dishwasher (human, machine, or any other method of displacing the task itself); and b) a culinarily-inclined household member.