Rough Week

This week has been so ridiculous, it is hard to be annoyed by all the annoying things that keep happening.  If it were a sitcom, it would seem unbelievable.  The rundown:

- Over the weekend, Mr. A was shaving and when he pulled out the sink plug, all the water fell on the floor. The pipe had come unattached.

-This gave me the motivation to call the plumber. I also asked them to fix the sink they installed a few weeks ago that had a problem too (which had required two visits and three sinks before it was finally installed).

-On Monday, they didn’t show up when they said they would. I called them 3 hours later and they said they would come the next day.  On Tuesday, the plumber came and fixed one sink then said they couldn’t ever fix the noise the other one was making.  Uh, no. Fix it, I said.  Miraculously, there was a part that could fix it.  They went to get the part and then didn’t come back.  I finally called three hours later and they said they would come the next day, first thing in the morning.  Wednesday, by 11:00, they still were there so I called and yelled at the owner.  That afternoon they came and installed the part.  20 minutes after they left, I found a leak.  This morning I called an the owner came and fixed the Emmer Effer himself.

-Each time the plumber came (but not the owner) they tracked mud all through my house so I had to mop.  The owner wore booties and I told him he should make his other guys do it too.  Possibly that plumber is going to be fired for all the yelling I did about him.  To fix two sinks, it took four days and three visits.   Seriously, I am over the plumbers.

-We also had an ongoing water problem in the basement.  The downspout guys (love them!) discovered the downspout was completely clogged which probably explained the waterfall off that side of our house every time it rained.  Finally, the is much much less water in the basement.  Hooray! Now, with a little grading, it might actually be dry down there.

-Yesterday, L fell asleep after school and woke up with a 103.5 degree fever.  Then she puked on me.  Today she said her throat hurt, so I took her to get a strep swab.  The tech swabbed another kid right in front of L, which freaked her out.  She absolutely refused to let tech near her.  I ended up having to swab her myself.  Luckily, all that effort was worth it, because she has strep.

-This morning in the shower, I saw a spider big enough to be visible without my glasses.  It was walking all over the place and it really freaked me out.  Apparently, I was so bothered by it, I forgot to wash my hair.  All day today, I look like I rubbed Crisco in my hair.

-Last but not least, I decided on a whim to paint my kitchen.  I have had the color picked out for several months. I painted the whole kitchen this afternoon, but as soon as it started to get dark, it was obvious the color was not going to work.  It was a light bluish gray, but looked dark and purplish as the sun went down.  Apparently, I didn’t learn anything from the Living Room Blue-Gray Paint Debacle of 2010.  Tomorrow, I go to buy more paint and try again.

I am ready for this week to be over.