May 1, 2013
Today was one of those days. Actually it's been one of those days too many times lately. In preparation for my upcoming vacation with Nikki (more about that another time), I have been trying to get ahead at work. Usually my work is low stress and basically uses a reasonable amount of my brain power to get the job done. Well I have a project that raises issues I am not too familiar with, so I am having to re- learn (or learn in some cases) things I forgot since the bar exam. It is causing me stress. Seriously, my hair has a lot more grey than usual.
Add to that the interesting experiences we have all had getting Poppy situated in his new place. Can I just complain about HOAs one more time to anyone who will listen? Forms for everything! Today Poppy's dog temporarily escaped. Now, this did not directly effect me because I was sitting at my office in my own bundle of stress (see above), but I did feel incredibly guilty not being able to leave to go help look for the mutt. She was rescued and brought home by Kathy, who has earned herself a seat in heaven for all she's done for Poppy.
And my sweet Grace is giving me fits. She's been having anxiety in school. So I have been working with the necessary people to see if we can fix this. I hope we are on the right track. More grey hair.
Then there is the backed up kitchen sink. All I am going to say about that is: It's not my fault! That's actually a funny story actually involving three pounds of potato peels and two male chefs.
So we will have been without a kitchen sink for 36 hours by the time the plumber (hopefully) fixes it tomorrow afternoon. At least it was a good excuse for take-out tonight.
Tomorrow I will deal with my car window that sounds like grinding glass when I roll it up or down ... that needs fixing too.
When is that vacation? Only 11 days from now. Check out the sneak peak
here. I do when I need to relax. In fact, I have to go.....
P.S. I went in to change the laundry from the washer to the dryer and there was literally 1/4 inch of water on every inch my laundry room floor. Apparently the plumbing issue is worse than I thought, or my washer finally bit the dust. We will find out tomorrow. I just mopped up all that water, after removing all the random now-wet crap that accumulated on the floor. And I have no mop, we use rags on my wood floors, so I now have loads of wet, heavy towels I just threw out on the back patio to deal with later. My back aches.
One more thing, then I swear I will stop whining....I showered earlier tonight but now I am totally sweaty again after the flood relief work. So much for trying to plan ahead for the morning- I need another shower. Boo hoo.
