Thank you — and yes, the break forced me to recognise a few things about my life, not all of which are good. I foresee some change in the future, that's for sure.

With the boiler, I think it was a matter of a) getting the replacement parts delivered and b) finding an available day when the gas engineers had an entire day free, since it was a job that took from 8am-4pm. Frustrating, but understandable. I'm just glad it's done!