I can’t say today has been normal. Walter, our electrician, was here by 730. Before my breakfast or paper. He is eager. He is electrifying the workshop out back. Today’s big task is digging a trench from the main panel to the workshop. Should be about 100’ or so. Walter says it will be quick. Knowing Walter, it’s gonna take all day.
Most of the morning was wasted on cleaning house. That involves Emily being in a bad mood. We could probably be more productive if we just cleaned and did not complain but it’s her way.
We are meeting Emily’s sister at 11am for lunch. We are going to Katrinas and meeting her there. I haven’t been there in months so I am looking forward to it.
We did finally finish cleaning, to an extent, Dee called and we headed downhill. She beat us there and had a table ready. Which is a coup considering how busy this place is.
Dee is headed to Disneyland today. She is a Club 33 member there and goes down a couple times a year. An expensive hobby but also exclusive and I am jealous. She will be down there two nights. I wish I was going.
After lunch Dee left. We decided to go to the Mandarin Festival. When we finally found it we realized it was at the fairgrounds and had a gate admission so we skipped it. I can’t see paying my way into an event to spend money on the event. Seems like bullshit.
Onward and upward. We stopped at Grocery Outlet to drop off bottles, anyone remember bottle recycle? They still do it. We shopped the Christmas aisle for a bit but it seemed there was nothing. Did not bother to return the bottles cuz lines were too long. We left. One more stop at the furniture store for a shelf or tall chest of drawers. Funny, this time we found something. Though Emily decided not to order it and think about it for awhile. I was ready to pull the trigger. So maybe Tuesday we will get it. It’s inexplicable.
Back to the house. Checked on the boys digging the ditch. Seems they cut through some existing wiring for the pump. Walter says it will be fixed in 10 mins. Whatever. We are just sitting around. No water, no problem.
Three hours later, the wiring was repaired and we have water. The boys will be back early tomorrow to finish. I say finish in the loosest sense of being done. Walter is not so good with estimates of time and cost. But he does get the job done.
Marika is at work. Close to her last shift, she gave two weeks a week ago. It’s late enough and we are making dinner. Marika called about then and said she was going to be home soon. We held dinner for a few minutes, she did not show, so we ate. And here it’s an hour later and she still hasn’t gotten home. My dinner would have been really cold.
We have been doin it for the last hour. Intensely. So much so that Emily has passed out. Bad TV will do that to you. I will stay up till Marika gets home.
Emily finally woke up. We had ice cream. She added in some vanilla pudding for herself. She is a glutton at times.
I will admit, I am ready for bed. But, we sit here waiting for the kid to come home. It’s a thing. A worrisome and annoying thing. But wait we do.
Ok. It’s a thIng but it’s been another hour. So we are going to bed. We are tired and I can make her a cocktail for breakfast. Goodnight.