So dear sister informed me to account my trials and tribulations today – where should I start??
I’ll start with 0445 this morning – dragging my sorry ass out of bed again – tired – did not sleep well – apparently I have been grinding my teeth at night – hence the valium which I refuse to take prescribed to me by my dentist none the less so I will not ruin his masterpiece. Now I need a root canal – fun abound.
Not the worst of it -fly out of bed – turn on the water in the shower – hmmmm – no water – this is problematic. How must one shower with no water – YES!!! My son’s bathroom – please please please let there be water. Eureka – 5 minute shower as I am now running behind because of course I had to turn the water on and off in my bathroom 5 or 6 times just to make sure I was not still asleep.
I run a tight ship time wise – every minute carefully calculated to maximize morning timing – and NOW I am running behind by 3 minutes PLUS this morning I knew I had to stop for fuel.
Shower done – cats – tripping over friggin’ cats who are starving – they are fed – coffee in cup and back upstairs to transform into “working me”. Hair dried and straightened (until I go outside of course) and now to choose the outfit – skirt – nah too cold – cords – they are warm – Khaki green – nice burnt orange shirt with one of my flowing cardigans – pop into dryer to “iron” and off to don the Farmer Janes and feed the boys.
I have made back those 3 minutes YES!!!! Beet pulp – grain – steamed hay all securely tucked into Slim – oh Slim – I have not mentioned him yet – Slim is my sled that I used to transport stuff to and from the barn as Wally (the wheel barrow) does not work in deep snow – Wally is resting right now. Slim and I head off to the paddock to feed the Lord of the Dancers (who are of course – starving because I don’t feed them – hmmm that sounds familiar) Grain here – grain there – grain grain everywhere – Big Horse does NOT like to eat off the ground so I hold his bucket for him- we chat – catch up on current events – Little Horse eats like he has never eaten before. Hay done – Slim loaded up for trip back to the house- Dammit – I lost 2 minutes.
And then I made the mistake- I walk into the living room where Hubs is watching early morning TV and say “There is no water in the upstairs bathroom” big mistake – because “flashlight flashlight where is my flashlight – must be frozen pipes – ohhh that is bad – Holy crap – why would the pipes freezer – we have a big problem – negative negative negative” Crap me and my big mouth.
Upstairs he goes – “why is warm water feeding back into the toilet?” What ??? I don’t know!! all I know is that NOW I am running 4 minutes behind and I am starting to sweat because holy hell – I have to get fuel!!!
Tinker tinker – flashlight – running water – tinker – mumble mumble. “Dude – get out I am not done yet” I said -still have to do makeup – leave please you can tinker when I am gone”.
Flash forward – 536pm – home – thank God he grained the boys I just had to feed hay and clean the barn – dinner made – and still can’t figure out why my feet are cold.
Well – I posted on FM earlier – in and effort to conserve heating fuel – Hubs turned down the thermostat – to 15C – it’s minus 32C outside – for my American friends – I cannot convert but that is BLOODY COLD!!! I hit the run button on the stat – and Fred (the furnace) fired up – it’s warmer BUT I forgot to turn off the space heater in the living room – and when Hubs plugged in his IPAD to charge – it blew the breaker – HAHAHAHA – an Apple disabled our house!!!!
Oh he went downstairs 20 minutes ago to reset the breaker – he has not come back up yet – I should go check!!!
That was my day today!!!
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