Who says maths and english don't go together?

I have been doing the most long-winded numeracy problem in the world.  Working from a house plan we had to find out how much it would cost to put in carpet and tiles plus skirtings, guttering and paint.  This of course took me an inordinate amount of time.  I also needed help because my brain just doesn't do this type of thing.  If I was getting stuff done to my house I would get the tradie to work stuff out for me.  So once I had worked out the areas etc, I then had to get quotes.  I thought this was an enormous waste of time for the firms we needed to contact.  One lady went to Harvey Norman and had to lie about carpeting her house.  The salesperson took about forty-five minutes to do the quote and of course thought that they might get a sale.  I just couldn't bear to do that so I just asked other people who had the quotes for their prices.  Once all the quotes were in hand I then had to add up everything and then come up with a final figure.  My figure kept changing each time I added it up.  Finally, I managed to get two totals the same.  You may think that this was the end but no.  I had to write up an introduction and a conclusion.  I am almost happy about this because I may not be able to do figures but I can write.  Maybe the writing will drag me over the edge and I will pass.  If I scrape through I will be exceptionally pleased.  So in this case the maths and the english do go together and I am really happy that they do.