Here are a couple of plumbers drilling holes in my kitchen ceiling to make sure no more sewage will come leaking out. They also had to remove the toilet from our one full bathroom and cut out a three-inch section of pipe in the basement.
Once that was all finished, we had an unusable couple of bathrooms and kitchen for over three hours until a cleaning crew could come sanitize things.
“I am not at all surprised the downstairs heat wouldn’t work as the inside temperature hovers around 60 degrees,” says Eloise. “Tots and babies love eating in a frozen tundra.”
Ok so 60 degrees Sunday and Monday isn’t a frozen tundra, but it’s really unpleasant when outside is in the 30s at night. So of course Monday we had more strangers tromping through the dirty basement and clomping around the house.
“So is the heat working now?” I asked the repair guy.
“It should work for now,” he said. “I have some recommendations to make to the property manager.”
“Oh great, like what?” I asked.
“That’s for me to discuss with the property manager,” he snipped. “We don’t give tenants a lot of information.”
“Oooooooookaaaaaay,” I said. “But the heat should work?”
“It should work for now.”
What the heck does that mean?
So by Monday night our house was finally warm and we had working utilities and facilities. But for some reason, between one kid or another, someone was fussing pretty much nonstop most of last night. Isaac, who somehow slept through all the howling, joined in by waking up and barfing everywhere all morning.
“I want Mommy,” has become code for, “I’m about to barf all over the bed again so set the baby down and grab a bucket.”
We knew that having Chris ship out and leave me with a newborn, stitches and a tot would make for a challenging week. Hannah, did you even conceive it could be this challenging?? I didn’t!
FORTUNATELY we had a gorgeous morning of sunshine and health to enjoy about 45 minutes at the zoo yesterday when it was too cold to stay inside. Everyone LOVED the zoo train! No surprises there!
And please, no more unpleasant surprises at home!! At least not until next week!
For Auld Lang Syne — Year in Review
Jewelry-making
Jungle Bells, 2016
Torpedo Drop
You're a champion. Seriously. I have both kids solo this week and next and no stitches and I'm on the brink of losing my mind (and my cool).
Oh my word! Mari, what a mess!!! I hope you're all doing better and not in any crises right now. Boy do I miss you. Your little girl is beautiful. What a treasure. Isaac is cuter than ever. Gambatte ne, dear friend. You're doing great, Mari. Chris would be so proud 🙂 I sure am!
Love, Nicole