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Yay! I have drains! I have a sewer! I can theoretically wash dishes, do laundry, and flush the toilet ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!

Of course, because I sat home waiting, I will not work enough hours today to actually pay for the plumber's bill. Isn't that ironic......

The rest of the weekend was much as it should have been. No more fits of crabbiness beyond what is generally expected.

It was appliance hell weekend, however. We went Sunday and bought a ceiling fan. We have absolutely no ability or knowledge around the issue of wiring, but fans are necessary in a 2-story very old badly-insulated house - and a ceiling fan seems like it might help a bit. So, there is that fiasco, waiting for us whenever we decide to attempt that. Yesterday we were about to go buy an air conditioner (for the really bad hot nights - that store was closed on Sunday) - and before we left, galagan decided to mow our lawn (the back, um, really REALLY needed it) - and our lawnmower died. Argh. So we went and bought the air conditioner, and looked at mowers. I should point out that the one reason we haven't bought an AC yet is that we live in an old house which has casement windows, and if one is so foolish as NOT to buy an AC at the beginning of the season, one cannot *get* a casement AC in Billings because everyone is sold out. The fact that casement-style ACs cost roughly twice as much as what we would buy otherwise is also a factor. We bought this AC because it's a casement-style and was on sale, and we're tired of spending the whole summer wishing for fall. But! Having spent a couple of hundred dollars on that did not predispose us towards wanting to spend a couple more hundred dollars on a new mower. Blargh. We actually scoped out the old-fashioned non-motorized type at the hardware store, and they are cheap cheap cheap. We have a small yard. It's a possibility.

Besides, mowing the yard isn't my job. :)

We also, at some point, will need a new refrigerator.

sanj, do you remember when our basement flooded in Somer-ford/Med-ville, and our landlady said "Never buy a house! Rent!" - I suspect it was stuff like this that she was talking about. :)

Anyway.

It's Tuesday morning, and I'm still at home. I'm driving this afternoon halfway across the state, and working a very full day tomorrow and then driving back in the middle of the night (through no fault of my own). So I have a miniscule number of hours to actually be in the office this week. The event I'm driving to is a clergy and choice conference planned by one of my co-workers. It should be vaguely interesting, even if the topic isn't the nearest to my heart. I wish I were driving by myself though - which most people hate to do. But when I'm by myself, I can crank up the music I want to listen to, and sing along at the top of my lungs, and stop when/if I want to..... Other people just cramp my style.

At least I have a beautiful day for it. Yay!