Morning

There is nothing worse than having your sleep disrupted early in the morning by a plumber that only has grim news to tell you. Yes, we are back to our earlier plumbing woes. We are still dealing with the family of plumbers in this town, I think this guy might be the third or fourth generation, and they typically only respond to an emergency. We called a few days ago to let him know that the tile in our bathroom was leaking and causing the water to drip down into the dining room. Now we have to deal with the tile guy, and I'm really hoping he is not going to be near as difficult to contact as our plumber. Since the source of our problem is the tile and not pipes or caulking around the tub, I'm curious as to why the plumber wants to switch our bathroom valves. Our piping is on the external wall and fourth generation appears convinced that they (pipes/valves) are going to freeze and burst this winter (though they must not have done this in previous winters) and cause him to tear down all the new tile work we are preparing to have done. So, I'm not sure if he's inventing work or truly convinced that we need a major bathroom renovation. We'll start with the tile man and proceed from there. All I know is this is a monumental pain in the ass.

So, it's morning. I wanted to sleep in a bit today, probably because I know I have to face another annoying chore later this afternoon: getting tags/license for my car. After this, I have to get the car inspected and it will fail because my tail light is burned out. I'm not sure which is worse: mechanics or plumbers? Of course, being a chick, I'm always convinced I'm getting fleeced the moment I walk in with a car problem. The whole "inspection" process has me jaded too . . . if my tail light was working, I'd probably still have a number of things wrong. Oy.

Our friends (former profs) are coming to see us for an overnight visit tomorrow. I'm excited, but wish the weather would cooperate a bit more. We've had this incredible weather the past week, and now we are in the midst of a flood watch. The leaves haven't changed all that much, I'm suspecting the middle of October will be the peak around here!

Oh, ever heard of Staceyann Chin? We went to see her spoken word on Wednesday, pretty cool stuff.

Off to obtain my caffeine buzz.