My body clock goes all out of whack over long weekends. So an even later than expected wake up, had me going out to B&Q at around lunchtime for some paint. I reckoned a single 10 litre bucket of pure brilliant white emulsion would see me through the tasks I was about to undertake. I also had a couple of litres of the stuff left in another pot.

When I returned home, I painted 4 ceilings. There's no easy way of putting it. That's what I did. It took a lot of effort. Then, I went back upstairs and painted the first two again.

As an encore I did some priming in my living room - the skirting board and bay window.

A day on my own painting. How could I follow that one up?