day 94

OUCH!!!!!

ok, so we THINK the leak from the oil burner is temporarily fixed-a band aid really. Tightenened something and the drip drip drip slowed to a crawl. Came home, checked the bucket, checked the pipe and...and...MORE drip, more water. Who do you call??? Tried one of the work peeps who knew someone who was s'posed to come saturday-this couldn't wait. No go, called the job, no one had his cell (figures, Murphy's Law). So, googled emerg plumbers, @ this point, called the first name on the list, they said they'd be there in an hour. They were there in 30, fixed the prob, and were out by 6 pm. THAT was the good news. The bad news: the part they installed-one that Tom said he could do, was $453. Total bill: $543. SHIT. THINK you're making progress toward paying down your debts and......... THIS is the kinda shit I get pissed @ Shebitch for. Why? I LOVE doing shit for the house, but with It in it, it doesn't pay. I.E. When the plumber saw the state of the basement his eyes popped out-and THAT was after I cleaned up!!!!! The good news? At least I can leave the house without worrying about the basement being submerged (CAN a basement BE submerged???).

Adding insult to injury, It called, to speak to Stoney of course. And, of course, it made him behave oddly-it figures-he knows he's in the middle, knows things are tranquil with It outta the picture, but It IS his mother-if in name only.

Rain this am-tellin' ya, Murphy's Law. Was scheduled to be the last run before The Big One, oh well. Another rest day.

Thank GOD for the Y. Core training tonight. Manana the CARF surveyors come, fun watching the pinheads scuttle about JUST because we're being inspected. We should do our best everyday, this is nothing.