Sheesh, I always hated that game growing up. Along with "Simon Says", these were two games I didn't see a purpose to, even in elementary school.
But I've been playing the mother hen today, and it all started with the furnace. I think Rose put the whammy on me (jokingly) by her furnace going out last week. Last night I came home to a 53 degree house, which told me the furnace wasn't going to make it through March like I had hoped. Of course, who knows when we'll get a thaw this year?
I already let work know last night I wouldn't be in... with Steve leaving for the Phillipines (again) today and with George working nearly sixteen hours in the shop last night, I knew someone had to be here to wait for the furnace repairman.
Strangely enough, I got up right at 6 AM this morning, thinking something was amiss. Something was -- underwater -- the entire kitchen. Poor George decided to do a load of laundry but forgot to stick the drain hose out the window. An entire cycle of water was in the kitchen. Let's just say we went through our whole stack of towels in just five minutes.
Therefore, I was forced to rent the Rug Doctor carpet cleaner, and it's been pretty productive, as I've done all the carpet in the house. But donations for the rental were impossible to come by. I'm not surprised.
Steve then left me a list of six favors for me to do while he's gone, including getting him a tax form, doublechecking his work schedule, emailing his wife about hotel reservations (she wants to go to Thailand on this vacation), prepped me to make another Rent-A-Center payment on Saturday with no help from him... and took my digital camera, which he broke the last time he took it.
I spent nearly $50 on battery parts and a charger to get the camera going again, and I have the feeling the resulting inventory will be less than the inventory I gave him. You just can't trust boneheads with small parts - I keep finding them in his room. But I say it with a slight smile, and a sigh of resignation.
When Steve, Mike and I took this house in 2003, I said I would be the main over-seer around here, since I know how to take care of this house. Boy, does everyone take advantage of the resident "miracle worker" now that they know this!
But I never wanted to be someone who is unliveable with... hence, I carry on...
