in less happy news...
The kitchen sink continues to back up. I called a plumber last night that my boss uses and they said the on-call guy would get back to me--he never did and today they have no one available. Got a hold of another plumber boss uses and they can come later this morning or this afternoon. They're supposed to give me 20 minutes heads up so I can get one of my parents there.
Fingers crossed they get the damn thing working or Thanksgiving dinner will have to move to my parents'. Kind of hard to drain potatoes, rinse a turkey, WASH THE FUCKING DISHES when the sink backs up. :P
I got most of the house cleaned but not the kitchen because, again, kind of hard to wash down counters and the stove and scrub the floor if you can't use the sink. I have a full dishwasher ready to run. I did get the oven cleaned and swept the floor, at least, as well as cleaning out under the sink so the plumber has access.
Unfortunately I've twitched my stupid back so bending over hurts, therefore I didn't vacuum the steps or the furniture. Hopefully it will untwitch today though it's still hurting. Just a muscle pull on one side--God knows what I did. I also couldn't wash the wooden floors again due to the inability to use the sink.
And my stomach has been ooky for several days. Has to be the medication combos.
I am so ready for a four day weekend, though I'm always very busy with the meal and then Black Friday and then decorating. I need to get some writing done, though. I do plan to go to church as we have a guest speaker who has been here before--she's a UU minister who is also the great-great granddaughter of Lawrence's very first Unitarian minister. KU basketball is in a four day tournie, so that takes up time; KU football plays at KSU on Saturday afternoon and the Chiefs host the donkeys on Sunday night. Of course I can decorate while sports is on. I remember in the glory year that we went to the Orange Bowl and were ranked in the top five, I watched KU lose its one football game to Mizzu while decorating the tree. At least the house is clean and the tree is already up since I never took it down last year. *snort*
Have I mentioned that the meds are also making things smell gross? Due to sinus problems/allergies I don't have much of a sense of smell, but cat food and coffee especially smell gross. It doesn't stop me from drinking coffee.
The Big 12 did not represent well yesterday in holiday tournies with KSU losing to Arizona in Maui and ISU losing to Maryland in KC. *sigh* But, hey, they're still better than Mizzu who lost by 20 to Purdue in Maui in a consolation game.
Hopefully KU will do better.
Well, let's hope today's happy is my sink gets fixed and it doesn't cost a fortune.
Choir practice tonight and thanks to sink not working I'm way behind on cleaning and prepping the meal--I was supposed to bake cornbread last night but, again, wouldn't have been able to rinse the bowl and utensils. So I've got to do all that after choir. *sigh*
Okay, plumber's on his way...
Fingers crossed they get the damn thing working or Thanksgiving dinner will have to move to my parents'. Kind of hard to drain potatoes, rinse a turkey, WASH THE FUCKING DISHES when the sink backs up. :P
I got most of the house cleaned but not the kitchen because, again, kind of hard to wash down counters and the stove and scrub the floor if you can't use the sink. I have a full dishwasher ready to run. I did get the oven cleaned and swept the floor, at least, as well as cleaning out under the sink so the plumber has access.
Unfortunately I've twitched my stupid back so bending over hurts, therefore I didn't vacuum the steps or the furniture. Hopefully it will untwitch today though it's still hurting. Just a muscle pull on one side--God knows what I did. I also couldn't wash the wooden floors again due to the inability to use the sink.
And my stomach has been ooky for several days. Has to be the medication combos.
I am so ready for a four day weekend, though I'm always very busy with the meal and then Black Friday and then decorating. I need to get some writing done, though. I do plan to go to church as we have a guest speaker who has been here before--she's a UU minister who is also the great-great granddaughter of Lawrence's very first Unitarian minister. KU basketball is in a four day tournie, so that takes up time; KU football plays at KSU on Saturday afternoon and the Chiefs host the donkeys on Sunday night. Of course I can decorate while sports is on. I remember in the glory year that we went to the Orange Bowl and were ranked in the top five, I watched KU lose its one football game to Mizzu while decorating the tree. At least the house is clean and the tree is already up since I never took it down last year. *snort*
Have I mentioned that the meds are also making things smell gross? Due to sinus problems/allergies I don't have much of a sense of smell, but cat food and coffee especially smell gross. It doesn't stop me from drinking coffee.
The Big 12 did not represent well yesterday in holiday tournies with KSU losing to Arizona in Maui and ISU losing to Maryland in KC. *sigh* But, hey, they're still better than Mizzu who lost by 20 to Purdue in Maui in a consolation game.
Hopefully KU will do better.
Well, let's hope today's happy is my sink gets fixed and it doesn't cost a fortune.
Choir practice tonight and thanks to sink not working I'm way behind on cleaning and prepping the meal--I was supposed to bake cornbread last night but, again, wouldn't have been able to rinse the bowl and utensils. So I've got to do all that after choir. *sigh*
Okay, plumber's on his way...