Sunday, August 31, 2008
I don't have enough sense
to come out of the rain :)
So the sky just opened up and I thought I'd go enjoy the rain on the porch with a book. After watching it for a bit, I decided I'd rather be out there. So I went out of the shelter of the porch and stood out in the huge downpour and got soaked till I was shivering. It rawked. Now I'm back inside, in dry clothes, and I feel so cozy and a bit refreshed.
So who is it who said you should come out of the rain? :)
Anyway, I obviously have been not posting for a while. Sorry about that. I had lots to actually write about but no desire to go online. My sister was making fun of me for reading books. Yes, I spent over a month at my mom's. And yes, she is ok. :) The surgery ended up being unnecessary at this point. They are going to just monitor her and hope that it is never needed. But while I was there I made sure she got a complete physical and workup done, so I feel better about her state of health :)
Also while I was there one of her toilets died. She called the plumber who gave a quote estimate of about $600! My sis and I decided that was silly and that we could do it! So we went to Home Depot and bought a new toilet and installed it ourselves! We are very proud of us, and it only took 3 visits to home depot and 2 to another hardware store to get it done! GO TEAM TOILET! RAH!!
Also while I was there, Oatmeal had stuffing replacement surgery. If I remember Ill post a picture soon of him. He looks great, can actually sit up and hold up his head now :)
Let's see what else... I had the drive from hell coming back to NC. Usually it takes just around 8 hours. Well my drive through NJ was easy, but once I hit Delaware it was stop and go till I couldn't take it anymore. At the 8 hour mark I wasn't even to Richmond yet, and I had no idea how traffic could be so bad and if it was going to be any better. So I called my sister and told her to go online and find me a pet friendly cheap hotel in Fredricksburg. She did and we spent the night there. The place was up the street from a dollar store and a grocery store. I bought a disposable Turkey pan for a litter box, I already had litter in my trunk left over from living in cold weather world, and a wine glass and a bottle of wine. We enjoyed our stay in Fredricksburg, but when I was putting everything back in the car to leave I tripped and took out my knee. It immediately turned many pretty colors, including the dripping red blood. I also bent back a finger nail so deep that it was gushing blood. Not the best way to start the trip. And the card key ended up getting scratched so I couldn't get back into the room to get the boys. But the good news was when I walked to the office to get a new key, they had free Krispy Kremes :) And that day's drive was very easy and I got home before I normally would even be awake.
Of course I came home to clean carpets, which was great, but mountains of stuff in my kitchen and bathrooms. I soon got the ficus out of the tub and was able to shower though. Half of the mountain is still in the kitchen, whoops. Eventually I'll get it put back. At least the carpets look good!!
Well, my mac and cheese is ready (I thought since I was going for cozy comfort it seemed appropriate) so I am signing off now. I promise to blog better in September!