05.31.
10:15 p.m.
Too much stuff
It has been a busy two weeks. I'm not even going to try to recap it all. I've spent time shopping for clothes with Master. She needs interview clothing at least. We had success at Anthem Outlet Mall on Sunday. Shopping at an outlet mall on a holiday weekend IS NOT recommended. We found some nice clothes however. Three shirts, and a blazer. She's been looking for a skirt, with no luck until today. We finally ended up at Robinson May's, and scored a really nice skirt for $10.00!!! Not bad at all. I have been dragged to three Malls, and several other department stores over the last two weeks on this search for clothing.
Wednesday evening we had a friend from L.A. coming over, and i had promised to make chocolate chip cookies, and we were at least going to feed him some kind of dinner. When we got home from grocery shopping, Tex informed me that the kitchen sink had backed up, but at least he got it to run clear. I ASSUMED that the sink was in working order, and started making dinner. The sink started backing up, and threw my whole game off. I still got dinner and cookies made, but no dishes got washed, and there was standing water in the sink. Both of us do not enjoy dealing with the landlord. I figured if Master could run some Drano down the pipes, the sink might clear. No such luck.
Thursday, I was at work making ice cream all afternoon. Master was supposed to be at a workshop until 4:45 p.m. I figured it was ok that i stayed late, since I was either going to have to ride the bus, or call Her and tell Her i was waiting for Her. I was informed at 4:00 p.m. that She was waiting for me downstairs in the car. I finished cleaning up the ice cream machine, and rushed to get off the clock and go meet Her. If she was waiting that meant she had been waiting a long time. (I usually get off around 3 p.m.) When I got to the car, She told me to change clothes, that we had to go somewhere besides our house. I was really tired, and just wanted to go home and take care of the sink. No such luck. We took a drive up to Cave Creek, and found a really nice road that went back into these mountains i wanted to get to. We got out and looked around, and just enjoyed being in desert mountains together for a little while (it is so much closer than Tucson, and just as pretty). Cave Creek is this weird, funky little town north of Phoenix, with a mixture of "Old Southwest", Santa Fe style buildings, chain restaurants, and individually owned businesses. I hope to get back there soon, and walk around and have some fun cruising the antique and curio shops (but not doing the stupid touristy stuff).
I asked Master how the Drano worked on the sink, and She said it didn't. When we got home from our excursion, I got down into the pipes, and started cleaning them out. Our neighbors have an assortment of tools available, so i went over to borrow a snake. He lent me two hand snakes. These are the kind that you twist by hand and they have no casing. Being the determined boy that i am, I got the first clog out, when it came free, a pipe that joined to the pipe coming out of the wall behind the drywall came off. There was no way i could fix it. I still tried running the snake through to get the next clog, but no luck. I was tired, dirty, sweaty, and stinky. There was black pipe clog goo on the walls of the cabinet. I used about five old towels during the process. I gave up around 9:30 p.m. This meant we still had to hand wash all the dishes, they'd been sitting for over twenty-four hours. So Master gathered them up, got our bus tubs, and I washed dishes in the shower (we have a really big tiled shower). Then it was time to sleep.
I woke up the next day so sore, and unable to move much. I called off from work, because I was going to have to deal with the landlord and the plumber. I found the landlady's cell phone number, and the home warranty #. She called us back, and told us that she was sending over her own plumber. He came by around 10 a.m., looked at the problem, left, and came back around noon. He had everything fixed and ready to go around 2:15. I then got to spend time cleaning the kitchen cabinets, and the floor, and getting the rest of the dishes done. The good news is that the drains work well now, and even the shower drain isn't backing up any more. The landlady told us to pay the plumber and they would take it off the rent. We got away cheap. Especially since he had to cut away drywall in order to put in a universal joint for the piping.
The neighbor stopped by for his tools, and to see if he could help. I thanked him and returned his snake. All I wanted to do was collapse.
Saturday was an easy day compared to all of the plumbing stress.
Then Sunday was making breakfast at work, and shopping afterward.
Monday I spent getting the great room organized, getting all the piled up clutter by my desk cleared away. There are still massive amounts of smaller piles of paper to sort through, and projects waiting to be started and/or finished, but at least there is room around the computer desks.
And I forgot all about the garage sale we had on the 21st of this month. It wasn't a huge success, but we sold a few things, not big things, but a little bit of stuff that helped reduce a small amount of clutter. The yard sale forced me to look at my desk and say, "Hey, I miss that, I really like that desk." So after the yard sale, i approached Master and said that i would like to stick it back in the great room, and rearrange everything. We also set up Her old desk, so we are next to each other now. There are still massive problems with Her computer, that I can't seem to figure out. I haven't reformatted Her hard drive yet, i'm just waiting for Her to give me the word.
So after I got the desks and the filing cabinets, and one of the work tables, and the drafting table all arranged, a big pile of stuff ended up by my desk. That's the pile I reduced yesterday. Ok, it's strewn around the room, and conglomerating in this one spot, but it is away from our computer center, and not where I can trip over it.
Today I got all of our video/audio equipment dissassembled so that Tex could take his entertainment center away. I was in the middle of researching on the computer when Master came out of the bedroom and wanted Her T.V. It took me over half an hour to reassemble everything because I wasn't in the headspace yet to put together the a/v equipment. But like the good boy that I am, I did it.
The energy is already flowing better in the house. With 2/3 of Tex's stuff out of here, and his physical presence removed, the energy has opened up. At least i now know what i don't want to live with. Not again. We need to find a roommate, but we don't want to "settle." Settling is bad. If we have to hunker down, and get tight with the finances, that's what we do until we find the person who is supposed to be with us. Third time's the charm, right?
Very busy couple of weeks. I have no idea if any of this makes sense right now, because it is not linear thought. It is circular and random, and just free expression of all the stuff in my life right now. At least I've got stuff to write about. And it would be better if I wrote in this journal every day, then I wouldn't have to chase my own tail with thoughts. I'm writing every day in my hand journal, so at least there is linear progression written down.
I made a list of "Things to do" today. They are things that need to be done at no specific time except for immediately. Some of it is the "do it now" stuff, some of it is personal reminders, and some of it is short term goals (1-3 weeks). But at least I have something to look at and say, "Oh yeah, have to get that done."
On a final note: We were given a juicer a few weeks ago, which i promptly broke in the span of a week. Master liked the fresh juice, so along with shopping for clothes, we've been looking for another juicer. We finally ended up at Fry's Marketplace tonight, and found one on closeout for $30.00, these things are going for between $55.00 and $80.00 (the one Juiceman i wanted is listed at $85.00) Ok so it is only one speed, and not top of the line fastest and bestest, but it works. Master was craving Her comfort food while we were still at the store. I suggested we buy some stuff to juice. She thought that was a great idea. We got some strawberries, and banana and mango sorbet, so that i could make smoothies with fresh juice. We had left over pinapple. So I put together a nice little smoothie for Her, instead of her eating something that would make her feel icky...I am a smart boy sometimes!
And tomorrow is my Birthday! Happy birthday to me.
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