Not So Fun Stuff

Yesterday was Friday. I watched my friend's kids all day. It was pretty fun. Weston enjoyed having a playmate and I enjoyed pawning Sammie off on Ian for the day. Seriously the puppy free day was great. I even got to read my book for an hour while the babies were napping and Weston and Claire watched Sesame Street. Ian pinged me and told me he was going to have to stay late, so I figured we could do one of our stay in dates. We were going to order take out and watch Matrix Reloaded. Well, as I was getting kids out of the bath Ian called. I ran out to grab my phone and when I got back in the bathroom there was water flooding up from under the toilet. Crap. I know what this means.

We have had more than our fair share of plumbing problems in this house and the worst one when we first moved in started this exact same way. I quickly plugged the tub, got some towels, and managed to get Davin out of the tub. Sigh. What a bummer. It so figures that the very week before our "extra" paycheck we have a major repair. Needless to say Ian and I were both pretty bummed out. Bye bye beautiful weekend.

Then around 2:30am Weston was up crying in his bed and coughing. I thought he had already thrown up but he hadn't. He said his throat hurt and he was burning up (I'm so sorry Jackie! I had no idea he was remotely sick.). It took a little while for him to calm down. We gave him some Tylenol and tucked him back in. Luckily he slept the rest of the night. This morning he was still feverish and just plain did NOT feel good. He layed down pretty much all day while we gave him Tylenol and juice and scratched his back. I hope hope it's not the flu. We shall see what tonight brings.

Back to the plumbing situation. We called Whipple this morning and they couldn't come until 2-4pm. I went to my eye doctor appointment this morning unshowered and with no makeup. I did, however, brush my teeth. :) All was well there. Just expensive.

The Whipple guy came at about 2:30. He was awesome. Seriously the best contractor I've ever worked with. He was polite and personable, but not creepy. He seemed logical and knowledgeable. Unfortunately there was nothing he could really do to solve the problem. It seems that we have another main pipe burst/collapse/tree root invasion. Only this time it's close to the house. It may even be under the house, like under the slab foundation (no crawl space even). So we paid him $100 for finding that out for us (he was very helpful though and spent 2 hours working on it). We are hoping that Kearns Improvement District will fix it for us come Monday. Fingers crossed. In the meantime we will be showering at the fitness center and hitting up the ghetto laundromat.

In an effort to not spiral into a deep depression over all this crappiness (pun intended?) . . . here is my positive side.

5 Positive Things about This Weekend:

1. I may start working out again since I'll be at the gym showering anyway.

2. I don't have to feel guilty for not doing laundry, dishes, or cleaning the bathrooms.

3. We do, in fact, have an "extra" paycheck next week.

4. I got to snuggle a lot with Weston the Sickie.

5. At least the kids are still cute, Davin's not sick (yet), and he thinks our pipes are hilarious.
This is of Davin watching the video from the plumber's camera of our pipes. Not sure why it was so funny.

PS-I got called back for my solo audition! Sure it's along with 9 other ladies for the same song, but still. There's still a shot that I will get to sing a solo in the Tabernacle! Send me good, calming vibes next Sunday around 6. :)