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Mar. 5th, 2007
House Stuff
Mar. 5th, 2007 07:21 pmThere are more holes in my walls, but they are small -- at least compared to the holes I've had in the past.
And they are neatly cut, not jagged and broken.
Isn't that an awful sense of scale to have developed: the relative size and neatness of the holes in walls of one's home?
The electrician informed us this morning that the outlet in my living room that I thought was broken/burnt out was actually simply turned off. (Doh!)
There's a light switch behind my living room door that I never use.
Evidently someone used it -- at an inopportune moment -- because that's why the outlet stopped working. I was feeling bad about![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
a_belletrist's P having spent a couple of hours to come over and try to fix it for me -- but as she pointed out, if he had not come over I never would have realized just how badly we needed our whole system upgraded.
The tub plunger that broke a few months ago and which I managed to jiggle back into the open position shut again over the weekend. As with the outlet's switch, I have no idea why. Fortunately, my brother-in-law (who really is a terrific person and a wonderful addition to the family) is going to come over on Wednesday evening to try to get it open and then install a new mechanism. For this gallantry, I will feed him scallops and pasta.
I am not letting myself get upset anything else that happens in my house as long as there is progress being made toward The Commune buying out my share. This may take a few weeks -- or even a couple of months -- to work out. But as long as it is moving forward, I am going to celebrate with Short-Timer's Syndrome. I will still take care of the place, of course. But my emotional investment is going to diminish significantly.
My boss is a geek.
I may have to check to see if he reads PvP, Order of the Stick or Looking for Group, my three online gaming comics.
And he strongly approves of and is going to support the career development activities I'm involved in.
I love it!
And they are neatly cut, not jagged and broken.
Isn't that an awful sense of scale to have developed: the relative size and neatness of the holes in walls of one's home?
The electrician informed us this morning that the outlet in my living room that I thought was broken/burnt out was actually simply turned off. (Doh!)
There's a light switch behind my living room door that I never use.
Evidently someone used it -- at an inopportune moment -- because that's why the outlet stopped working. I was feeling bad about
a_belletrist's P having spent a couple of hours to come over and try to fix it for me -- but as she pointed out, if he had not come over I never would have realized just how badly we needed our whole system upgraded.The tub plunger that broke a few months ago and which I managed to jiggle back into the open position shut again over the weekend. As with the outlet's switch, I have no idea why. Fortunately, my brother-in-law (who really is a terrific person and a wonderful addition to the family) is going to come over on Wednesday evening to try to get it open and then install a new mechanism. For this gallantry, I will feed him scallops and pasta.
I am not letting myself get upset anything else that happens in my house as long as there is progress being made toward The Commune buying out my share. This may take a few weeks -- or even a couple of months -- to work out. But as long as it is moving forward, I am going to celebrate with Short-Timer's Syndrome. I will still take care of the place, of course. But my emotional investment is going to diminish significantly.
My boss is a geek.
I may have to check to see if he reads PvP, Order of the Stick or Looking for Group, my three online gaming comics.
And he strongly approves of and is going to support the career development activities I'm involved in.
I love it!