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As the rain falls down on us… May 25, 2007

Posted by spacemom in : Life...otherwise, Home wreckers , 1 comment so far

Okay, it wasn’t rain, but it was water. From the living room ceiling. The day before a trip.Lovely.

Let me backup. Today I worked from home to finish the packing. In between some coding and emails, I would double check my mental packing lists and add something else. Around 3pm, Jay put his presentation in the art tube and I jumped! Something had fallen from the ceiling! My first instinct, as a true arachnophobia, was SPIDER! No, it wasn’t a spider, it was water. We both looked up. OH HELL! The ceiling is WET in a pattern that matches the joists.

We looked at each other and said “Air conditioner!”. Jay got a flashlight and gloves, I turned off the a/c. He went up and reported water on the floor (ie, the drywall for the ceiling), but no source! The overflow for the condensation pan was fine and dry. He went along the length of the drain pipe and where he could see it, bone dry!

I called the company that installed it and set up an emergency call. We had to find the source. I then called a friend to have them call us. If we needed work done tomorrow, they would have to be here.

Meanwhile, Jay was up in the attic (did I mention today was 93 out? So the attic was about 115. It was nasty.) and pulled back all of the insulation back and finding the extent of the water. I got up there and was able to point out that it could be right where a duct went over the drain pipe. Turns out that was exactly where the drain pipe had broken.

We took some photos and called the company back to let them know we found the source. The guy did come and it appears that there is a slight rise in that segment of pipe. The water gets stuck in that segment. Come winter, the water froze. Hence, a burst drain pipe.

He fixed he broken segment, and added some T joints with the holes placed upwards to allow any trapped water to evaporate.

Now, what to do about the water stained ceiling? The water was right on the drywall for the ceiling. Do we have to replace it? From my experience once drywall is wet, it is not good anymore.
Any thoughts?

Sigh…
Oh- Soleil and Luna are in row 30 of the plane. I’m in row 29 and Jay’s in 27. Lovely. Can’t fix this over the phone.
At least the second flight we were able to combine the seats together.

A pleasant night May 25, 2007

Posted by spacemom in : Kids, Mom Phrases , 2 comments

As far as I was concerned, last night was a perfectly pleasant night. I left work and went to the gym, got a great workout, but left Jason Bourne (Bourne Supremacy) in a dangerous spot.
I showered, felt cool and refreshed, got an iced mocha (I forgot the decaf part) and headed to get the girls. Since my gym has a location in the same complex as daycare, it was a very quick routine. We got in the car and decided on pancakes for dinner.

After collecting Jay from work, we had a great drive home. 128 was terrible (as it always is around Boston), but other than that, a smooth ride. Jay had even called United to make a note that Soleil’s name was cut short on her ticket (it only has So on the ticket…can’t change the name on a ticket, but they can make a note. I hope security doesn’t have a fit).

We let the girls play outside while Jay cooked and I packed the girls’ clothes. I overpacked. I always overpack the girls’ stuff. They have so many cute clothes to wear!
They asked to eat outside, so we said sure!

They ate on the kid table outside while Jay and I enjoyed a quiet, adult meal. Afterwards, they ran around until they called me, both with bright eyes and smiles. They had found a baby butterfly. I came out.

On the playset was a small caterpillar. He was moving all around and the girls were watching his every move.

“Isn’t he beautiful, Luna?” asked Soleil
“Yes, and he will be a butterfly someday!” smiled Luna
“He will build a chrysalis and turn into a butterfly!” squealed Soleil

Then it was time to come in and get ready to bed. I had a meeting at temple to go to, and I heard the rest of the night did not go so well.

But for me? the night was perfect.

Remind me about this, will you? May 25, 2007

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It’s 2:30 am. Why the hell am I up? I drank a cup of coffee at the temple meeting tonight. What the hell was I thinking?

Decaf. I must stick to decaf after 5pm… Shoot me… I need to sleep!