Saturday, June 27, 2009
10:00 AM — Woke up late after a long night last night. Was rather shocked that the sun was out and the skies were completely cloud-free. Once the sun gets off that outside wall, it ought to be a great day to get some serious painting done on my house. I love my old house! It is so rewarding to be slowly restoring a piece of history, and I’m saving so much money doing the work myself!
2:00 PM — Wasted way too much time on that first cup of coffee. Damned Facebook! But the sun is still out and I just checked the radar … no rain within 100 miles. Time to get set up to paint!
2:30 PM — Got all set up to paint and started spraying and not 5 minutes later a freak thunderstorm dropped torrents of rain on the house. Sun was out the whole time, but the primer all washed off. Might be a good day to get some inside repairs taken care of instead.
3:00 PM — Got the nifty water filter in under the kitchen sink. Funny, the directions didn’t say anything about tightening the connections into the filter. Oh, well. It’s just a few gallons of water inside the cabinet. I’m sure it will dry.
3:05 PM — Noticed a bit of a urine smell by the toilet. I’ve been meaning to pull that thing up and replace the wax ring. I think I’ll go check and see what the weather looks like, then I may tackle the nasty toilet job since the wife and kids are gone and we don’t have a second toilet.
3:30 PM — Outside wall stayed dry, so as soon as the roof dries off and quits dripping on the ladder, I think I’ll be able to paint. Meantime, I’m off to tackle the toilet.
3:45 PM — Got the toliet pulled. Pretty gross, but doesn’t look like there was a leak. Should be able to get it all cleaned up and remounted pretty quickly, but first I’m going out to check and see if things are drying up outside.
3:50 PM — Crap. Diarrhea.
4:00 PM — Went out to check on the weather again. Put my foot through the porch floor on the way in. Looks like there might be a couple of rotten boards to deal with. Toilet’s ready to put in, though.
4:10 PM — I don’t understand how nuts and bolts can just disappear. Toliet is set in place, but the nuts for the toliet bolts are MIA. I swear I left them… oh, crap … more diarrhea.
4:15 PM — Found the source of the urine smell. 4 year old appears to have started collecting his pee in the baby potty. That thing is awfully uncomfortable to sit on….
4:30 PM — Found the nuts. They were sitting right next to the toilet on the floor. Good news, though. Diarrhea seems to have cleared.
4:45 PM — Took a closer look at the porch. Whole damned wall and floor is rotten. To top it off, I stepped on a rusty nail. Might be time for a tetanus shot. Got most of the nail out, but it looks like there are a couple of little pieces left in the wound. Maybe I’ll try and clean it out later, but right now, I need to paint.
5:00 PM — Off to the ER. I guess the ladder wasn’t quite dry and I slipped off from about 10 feet up. Probably would have been OK, but on the way back in, I fell all the way through the damned porch floor and now I have a nail in my ass as well. Oh, and now the toilet is leaking and the damned diarrhea is back.
10:00 PM — What a night. Good news is the ankle isn’t broken. Doc says it’s just a ruptured tendon, should be better in 12 weeks or so. Had to have the remains of that nail in my foot surgically removed, but the nail in my backside came out cleanly. One of the ER nurses was nice enough to give me one of those donuts they give to people after hemorrhoid surgery to use when I go sit on my damned leaking toilet.
10:15 PM — Water line on that stupid ass filter came loose and started squirting water all over the kitchen floor. Slipped and fell right on the nail wound in my ass.
10: 30 PM — Damnit, forgot to empty the stupid toy potty and the dog spilled it all over the place.
10:35 PM — Just slipped in the dogs freakin mess. Where’s that damned dog! I’m going to bed.
