Yeah, i thought, i hate for you to tell me that, too, Little Girl.
Out loud, i just heaved a sigh and said, okay, and headed down there.
Sure enough, the A/C was dripping again. The drain had reclogged. So i bailed out the drip pan to make sure it wouldn't turn off, and called Kurt, the guy who works with Sweetie whose former job was in A/C repair.
It was a Saturday, so i didn't expect much. Most single guys in their 20's, i figured, had weekend plans, so i was surprised when he answered and said he had nothing going and would be by in about an hour. Monday after work would have been my best guess for the next time he would be available.
He ran by BigBoxHardware to buy a few things, and came prepared to clean the coils, the outdoor unit, and replace some of the drain to make any future clean-out easier.
While he worked, i dealt with the 13 kittens we have in the house. They are a mess, with at least a few needing to be fed about every hour or so during the day. Once you finish with some, it's only a few minutes until others start to beg. It's a help that a few of them are starting to nibble the dry food and try to drink from the bowl.
Bigger Girl was running errands when it all began, and came home to give me my laugh of the day.
"Mom, after seeing Miss Lizzie in the hospital this week, I've decided if I ever end up in a mental ward, I want to go to this one. Their food looked really good, and it looked like it would be really easy to break out of!"
When i gave her an odd look, she said, "Oh, come on, mom, don't tell me you've never dreamed of breaking out of a mental hospital!"
As i laughed, Kurt came in. He only asked for $80, but he had come on a Saturday when he could have been doing anything else, and he went to the store and bought supplies, and he saved me from having to try to deal with the warranty company again, so i gave him $100 that i scraped out of the food budget and scrounged from under the couch cushions.
All in all, it's been a week, and a new one starts today, and it's going to have a lot packed in, including an internal plumbing inspection. That's right, i get to go for my first colonoscopy on Tuesday.
Depending on how this all works out, i might be the one hoping the food is as good at the hospital as Bigger Girl thinks.
Today is
Be Kind to Humankind Week: Sacrifice Our Wants for Other's Needs Sunday
Birthday of Horus -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Discovery of the Runes/Odin's Ordeal ends -- Ancient Norse Calendar (date approximate)
Independence Day -- Uruguay(1825)
Kiss and Make Up Day -- a day begun by Jacqaueline V. Milgate to encourage people to make amends and repair relationships if they need to
National Banana Split Day -- some sites have it as Aug. 10
National Park Service Day -- US (legislation creating the National Park Service was signed this day in 1916 by President Wilson)
National Second-Hand Wardrobe Day -- pull out the hand-me-downs or thrift store purchases and wear them with pride!
Notting Hill Carnival -- Notting Hill, London, UK (through tomorrow, the 2nd largest street festival in the world)
Opiconsivia -- Ancient Roman Calendar, Vestal Virgin Festival in honor of Ops
Pony Express Festival -- Hollenberg Pony Express Station, Hanver, KS, US (reenacting life in the 1860's, including a real Pony Express ride)
Rumpleskunkskin's Bride Escapes to Heewigoland Anniversary -- Fairy Calendar (Fairy celebration, Goblins get grumpy)
Soldier's Day -- Brazil
St. Genesius of Arles' Day (Patron of notaries, secretaries; against chilblains, scurf)
St. Genesius of Rome's Day (Patron of actors, attorneys, barristers, clowns, comedians, comediennes, comics, converts, dancers, epileptics, lawyers, musicians, printers, stenographers and torture victims)
St. Louis, King of France's Day (King Louis IX; Patron of barbers, bridegrooms, builders, button makers, construction workers, Crusaders, difficult marriages, distillers, embroiderers, French monarchs, grooms, haberdashers, hairdressers, hair stylists, kings, masons, needle workers, parenthood, parents of large families, passementiers, prisoners, sculptors, sick people, soldiers, stone masons, stonecutters, tertiaries, trimming makers; Québec, Québec; Saint Louis, Missouri; Blois, France; Carthage, Tunisia; La Rochelle, France; New Orleans, Louisiana; Oran, Algeria; Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France; Saint Louis, Missouri;`Versailles, France; Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Louis; against the death of children)
Whiskey Sour Day
Birthdays Today
Claudia Schiffer, 1970
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Billy Ray Cyrus, 1961
Ann Archer, 1947
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Leonard Bernstein, 1918
Walt Kelly, 1913
Ruby Keeler, 1909
Clara Bow, 1905
Hans Adolf Krebs, 1900
Ludwig II, "Mad King" of Bavaria, 1845
Allan Pinkerton, 1819
Ivan the Terrible, 1530
Today in History
The Council of Nicaea ends with the adoption of the Nicene Creed, 325
The Children's Crusaders under Nicholas reach Genoa, 1212
The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed, 1537
Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers, 1609
Hundreds of French settlers arrive in New Orleans, which had been founded only a few months before, marking its true beginnings as a city, not just an outpost, 1718
James Cook begins his first voyage, 1768
Alice Meynell becomes the first female jockey, in England, 1804
British forces destroy the Library of Congress, which then contained about 3,000 books, 1814
The New York Times perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax, 1835
Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel unassisted, 1875
Kitasato Shibasaburo discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet, 1894
The United States National Park Service is created, 1916
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly nonstop across the US, 1932
US Army officer and missionary John Birch is killed by the armed supporters of the Communist Party of China, considered by some as the first victim of the Cold War, 1945
Zimbabwe joins the United Nations, 1980
Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn, 1981
Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe, 1989
Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary, 1989
The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko), 2003
Hope all goes well with the test. Your daughter is a hoot.
ReplyDeleteThe prep is the worst part of the test. The rest is easy. You'll see. You'll be hungry after too. I was.
ReplyDeleteHave a terrific day. :)
I've had two colonoscopies and they were a snap. Glad you're having this done. So many lives are saved by this test.
ReplyDeleteHilary, thank you, and yes, she is.
ReplyDeleteSandee, i know the prep's the hard part, and i'm looking forward to it being over.
Stephen, they aren't so bad as some people make out, i'm sure.
I assume the dust bunnies from the monies in the couch were a bonus for Mr. Kurt? Please have Bigger Girl elaborate in breaking out of mental wards. My kids are driving me batty.
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