List of Recently Discovered Broken Things
1. The dishwasher in our new house.
2. The dryer in our new house.
3. The cell phone I just bought to replace the one my oldest son broke when he fell off a canoe last month.
4. The process that connects my laptop to the Internet at my house.
5. The coat of paint covering the living room column against which my kids have recently been scraping the legs of a chair.
6. The new speakers I recently had installed in my back dash.
7. Whatever it is that’s making my Service Engine light stay lit.
8. The unassembled IKEA dresser I just bought for my son’s room.
9. The shower curtain rod in my kids’ bathroom in our new house.
10. The kitchen light in our new house.
Luckily, I’m still in Flexible Mode, so none of this is bothering me as much as it totally would if I were in Planning and Controlling Mode. Look, Ma – shit keeps breaking. Woo hoo! I’m calm. It’s all good.
Planning and Controlling Mode
I have got to do something about my commute. It’s freaking crazy. The morning isn’t so bad – so far it’s been taking me about 35 minutes to drive to work. The afternoon, however, is a whole other story. Last night was the longest so far. It took me an hour and a half to get home. This evening was the shortest. One hour and five minutes.
People who let their cars stall in the middle of the freeway during rush hour are going to burn in a very special kind of hell. It will be called Rush Hour Hell. I’ll leave the details to your imagination.
I have many plans spinning in my head, but haven’t yet settled on the best solution. More on that when it develops.
I’m going to go to Half Price Books this weekend and see if I can find some cheap audiobooks. That might help while I’m figuring stuff out.
Besides That
Everything’s good. I love the house. I like our neighborhood. We’re happy. I’m tired as living hell from getting settled and working out jillions of details (and from the commute), but we’re happy.
