Monday, April 10, 2006

Well, I thought today would be nice and relaxing getting up, seeing as how I had the day off. My alarm went off at 9am, but I had a headache, so I hit snooze and laid back down to see if I could take the edge off before actually getting up for the day. About 4 minutes later, there's a banging noise, possibly at my door. I get up, stumble to the peephole, and outside my door is one of the maintenance men. Apparently, my water heater was leaking and it was going down to the apartment below me. So I threw enough clothes on to be decent, let him in, and they proceeded to spend the next 15 minutes replacing some seal I guess. I can't remember what they called it. I was only half awake at the time and I was on the phone with my official wake up call (Kerry), lol. It was a connector for the meter that reads how much hot water I use. I pay for my electricity to heat the water, I pay for the water that I heat, but not the cold water I use. It was just a drippy leak, nothing major for my apartment, but I would have noticed it this morning when I went to do laundry (my water heater is right next to my washer and dryer).

Anyway, once they were gone, I took a couple advil, checked my email, did a couple loads of laundry, showered, and started my day. I cleaned some old clothes out of my closet that I haven't worn in a while. Some were good enough to be given to Goodwill, others were tossed. I also had some other things in the second bedroom that could go to Goodwill, so I got all that together and delivered them. Hopefully, people should get some use out of all of it. I also got a haircut. It wasn't terribly long, but my bangs were starting to get into my line of sight, which bothers me. So I figured since I had the day off, I'd get it cut now. I also did my taxes today; I can't believe I actually have to PAY both federal and state! I haven't had to pay federal in YEARS! So much for using that to pay for my car maintenance. I scheduled that today, since I'll be at 15,000 miles in a few days. I also washed the outside of my sliding glass door and the screen. The screen didn't actually get "washed", I just took a cheap broom I use for sweeping my balcony, and I brush off the screen to get all the dust that accumulated all winter off it.

I still have more things to do around here, possibly Friday I will get more done, once I'm back from the dealer with my car. But at least it's a start.

2 comments:

  1. I was gonna ask why your car dealer was looking at your car on friday then I remembered friday isn't a mandatory holiday in the States... it is here everything will be closed

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  2. Yeah, I wondered what Kerry meant about a short week in her blog yesterday. We have to work a full day on Friday and our normal time on Saturday. Cows (and other animals) don't care whether it's a holiday or not...they still need to eat. Maybe I should have stayed with the bank...they close early on Friday.

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