WOW... I used to think that if you were kind to others and stepped up to do the right things good things would happen to you... after this week I think that isn't the case.
For all my faults, I am a very dependable, realible and supportive friend/sister/daughter etc... I'd like to think that is recognized and eventually good things will come... however, I am just not so sure.
Sunday morning I got a call from my Mom that her water heater was out. Deven and I finished up a few things around the house and headed off to see what we could to do fix it. It was shot, we drained the tank and Deven loaded into the truck. Of course this would happen on a Sunday when you can't take it back to get it replaced. On our way home, I had a micro-seizure... a pretty good one too. I haven't had one for a while. I thought maybe it was stress induced until I realized I was exposed to carbon monixide in my mom's basement.
We finally got home and pulled into the driveway... our garage door would not open up. Deven thought the issue was with the opener in his truck so he hopped out to go open it from inside the house. YEAH... DONEZO... the whole opener broken... all we did was shut it to leave... and it was a gonner. You go to help out someone in need and come back to your own disaster. ARE YOU SERIOUS???
Needless to say my car was stuck inside... and so we just used the truck the rest of the day. Yesterday I got up came into work and was just not feeling it... I hadn't slept really great over the weekend and felt overwhelmed at trying to get the garage door fixed, the water heater replace and installed and felt crappy from my seizure. I worked from the office for a few hours and then from home off and on the rest of the day.
I stopped at home depot to turn in the old water heater since it was still under warranty (even though they didn't make that model anymore). An hour later I finally got everything sorted out, I paid for the "upgrade" and headed to my mom's to drop it off. Right when I pulled up to my mom's to unload it... DOWNPOUR... OKAY ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS??? Jim, Dawn and I all unloaded it and brought it inside. Later on someone came over and put it downstairs... but we came over later to hook it up.
While at my Mom's dropping the water heater off I get a phone call that my water has been shut off. MY WATER??? I paid my bill. Lucky me, as my lucky streak would have it... they ran the charge after I had received my new debit card, they used the old expiration date so the bank denied the charge. You'd think they'd notify you right??? Yeah supposedly I got a shut off notice. WOULD I IGNORE SUCH A THING??? I think not... Needless to say 6 hours later and a ridiculously expensive reconnect fee... water was back on.
Then back to my Mom's to install the water heater... first time fittings were missing... off to Lowe's... second time fittings we bought didn't work... off to Lowe's... third time fittings work and we are just about done. Then Deven tries to open a tube using my Dad's rusty scissors... not a wise idea... the remainder of the evening spent at the Instacare... a few stitches and a tetnus shot later he was good to go!
LIFE... yeah it is all about doing good so good comes your way right?
DAD, if you have any pull up there can you tell them we've had more than our fair share this week???
I am trying to use the power of positive thinking... just hope it turns things around because this isn't fun!
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