Some food for thought. What are male ladybugs called? I came across this little ladybug the other day. It got me thinking. What are male ladybugs called?
The good news is that our A/C is back up and running. I was right because it turned out to be a capacitor. The repair was done in under fifteen minutes. Unfortunately, that isn't covered under warranty. I had exactly $312.34 in my main checking and the bill came up to $334.00. I explained that I had been quoted $280.00 over the phone, for the same repair. The tech was really nice, and even has a younger brother with Autism. We talked about that while he was fixing things. Anyway, he called in and explained what I had been quoted, but they weren't able to honor the original quote for some reason. They did apply a 10% discount and that took me to $309.23. Basic math will tell you that I…
Imagine finding this in your mailbox in the morning Found this in the mailbox, and was lucky enough, not to get stung.
Gavin has been scheduled for a really important eye appointment today for awhile. I scheduled the A/C service around this appointment today, but we've been met with two unplanned hiccups. The first hiccup is that Gavin appointment has changed. His doctor had a death in the family, and rather than reschedule Gavin for months out, they wanted to move him to a different location, with a different doctor, Rather than his appointment being this morning, and us being home in time for the A/C service guy at noon-ish, Gavin's appointment has been moved to 1:45 PM. That presents a few problems for us, but we had it figured out. Then I get a call from the HVAC company, advising me that the tech was running am hour or so late. …
This week has taken its toll on all of us. Everyone in the house is really grumpy, and we're all beginning to take it out on each other. Lizze and I are being short with each other, and the boys are at each other's throats. While we've survived the week, it's come at a cost. Remember when I spoke about my seemingly endless amounts of patience? Well today is a perfect example of a day when my reservoir of patience has dried up. I'm flying on fumes today my friends, and that not a good thing. We're going to have to pull together as a family and make it through the day, without killing each other.. lol
That was a rough night. In fact, it was the roughest by far. Just as I was finally comfortable enough to fall asleep, Emmett woke up. Not only did he wake up, but he wedged himself between me and the couch. I tried to fall asleep in place, but it just wasn't going to work. I ended up moving to the hardworking floor, until I couldn't take that anymore. When I woke up this morning, I found myself in bed. All we have to do now is hopefully get the A/C fixed. My narrow budget just got a a bit narrower, because some bills came out last night, I'd previously overlooked. I'm remaining positive a out today's outcome, because we really need this to go well.
Gavin went to bed, not feeling well. His stomach was upset, and it took him quite awhile to fall asleep. We tried getting him to let us put a fan in his room, and he still didn't want it. I don't think the heat is the issue, I'm leaning towards reflux again. He seems to be struggling with that lately. We have to be careful what he eats, although nothing is consistently causing him problems. Tums seemed to help him enough to allow him to fall asleep. If it hadn't, we would have moved to Zofran, but we try to help him work through it without hardcore meds. It worked because he's sleeping. I've checked on him a few times and he's out like a light. Hopefully, he'll be feeling…
Let's start with the good news first. I was able to go grocery shopping today, and not a moment too soon. It'd been a couple of weeks since we were able to make a decent shopping trip. Super grateful for that... ☺ I was also able to take care of the water bill, which is really important as well. The HVAC guy will be here around noon tomorrow, and we were able to pull together, to get the house caught up enough for him to do what he needs to do. Here's the thing about this service call. I don't know if anything will actually be fixed, because I have a very, very narrow budget for this repair. The service call itself is almost a hundred dollars by itself, and…