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[Oct. 16th, 2009|05:01 pm]
terribleturnip
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A church message board told me today that:
Challenges can make you bitter or strong.
Really, one or the other? How about both?
I mean, okay, so I finally think that maybe, just maybe, the slovenly will not be at epic levels for Halloween -- oh, it will still be slovenly, but it will be sty based on two weeks of Faire, crafting and not cleaning much, as opposed to oh, I dunno 13 weeks of that. Two ciders will get me over the former. "F-it, I'm FEEDING them, they can just deal."
Hey, despite the Connecticut, the blonde, the fondness for chickens and the fact that we've both carved turnip jack o' lanterns, I'm no Martha Stewart.
But when it's really bad, it's just like putting a cast iron griddle press on my Grilled Cheese of Inadequacy.
So, I may have actually felt glee for just a few seconds, thereby prompting the washing machine switch mechanism -- the part that SHUTS the GD water off -- to fail, filling the basement with inches of water. It's a big basement. Enough water to pour out the basement door. It was set on warm and it used up all of the hot water. Which means a large amount of cold water as well.
So instead of finishing the cleaning, achieving a bare minimum level of sanitation, we spent the morning, shop-vac'ing the basement. And my parents arrived early, so that they could then stomp on my Grilled Cheese of Inadequacy. Oh, they tried not to...and I will admit to a fair amount of self-imposed inadequacy, sitting there, suddenly noticing the agouti-sized hairball in the hallway, under the bench. Realizing that above my Dad's head, a cobweb wafted in the breeze.
Okay, okay, fine. On the other hand, I got my Christmas present early, and my parents bought us a new washer. Which of course, just put a Boulder on the Grilled Cheese, since I'm 46 years old and my parents, who are retired, are funding a basic household appliance. But hey, new washing machine!
It's more efficient, will use less water, less electricity, clean clothes better. Yay!
But, of course, just last week, the laundry detergent I use was on sale for half price. So I stocked up. I have 6 bottles. The new machine requires the High Efficiency detergent. So, today, I had to go get MORE detergent.
Yeah. Strong AND bitter. You get that way when you realize that your Grilled Cheese is the ping pong table your life is played upon. |
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