I’m SO ready for 2012 to be OVER!!

Okay, here is my super-long ranting post.  Some people have heard rumblings from Alicia, but my patience is SERIOUSLY getting tried right now.  Here we go. (and just be grateful you are not me)

Let’s start with the pipes.  We have had 3 floods in the basement in 3 weeks.  Yep, pretty much every Monday since JANUARY 1st my storage room has flooded.  Is it coincidence that Monday is laundry day?  The 4th time the plumber came out he finally shoved a camera down the pipes, and promptly found a rock.  (ie, hardened cement/grout that some nameless soul washed down my bathtub…last year.)  So the plumber took out a nice “chunk” of cement in my pipes, and has once again proclaimed them “clean”.  (Let’s just say that was the 2nd time in the past 3 weeks they found the grout in the pipes.  Alicia is not holding her breath at this point).  I did get an estimate of completely ripping out my pipes and starting over, so that is definitely a possibility if we still have problems.  Up side to this whole thing---I am completely turned on to the removable ceiling tiles that are throughout my basement.  We have not had to replace any drywall…yippee!

Now, in the midst of the flood last Monday we found out our dishwasher was no longer working.  No relation at all to the flooding.  It just gave up the ghost.  LOVELY.  With the busy week we had we figured we would hand-wash dishes for a week or two and then start shopping for a dishwasher.  Until Friday we found out the refrigerator, that was installed with the dishwasher, gave up the ghost.  The circuit panel had gone completely out and would cost over $300 for the parts alone. (I will never recommend GE to anyone.  Seriously?! 2 major appliances gone within 3 days of each other!)

So Friday night we take a trip to Home Depot and Lowes to pick out a new refrigerator and a new dishwasher.  I was just laughing by this point.  Thankfully they let us purchase a floor model, and our friend happened to be at Home Depot at the same time and he let us borrow his truck and trailer the next morning to haul it to the Orem house, rather than waiting 2 WEEKS for one to get to Utah!!  (yep, our dishwasher won’t be here until Feb. 7th.)

Oh, and we should add to this Alicia threw out her back Friday, and it got progressively worse until she was completely bedridden on Sunday.  Oh, and then Sunday she started bleeding.  I got into the doctor this morning and heard the heartbeat, but have been put on a '”modified bedrest”  for a couple of weeks, just to make sure there is no more bleeding.

translated:  “Alicia please have a lazy week.” 
“But I have a race on Saturday”
”I said to take it easy”
”It’s only a 5k”
”No, there is no race this Saturday.  Maybe next time.”

So, now my plans for this weekend are finished.  I guess it is probably good to not run since I’m still consistently taking meds for my back. 

Oh, and here is the kick in the pants – I got summons for Jury Duty today.  For 2 weeks from now, on the same days I have been hired to teach an Excel class. 

I hope we are getting all the bad karma out of the way for the rest of the year. Time to go celebrate the Chinese New Year with my boys.  (I know I’m a day late.  Give me a break!  Did you read this post?!) 

Here’s to a Fresh Start…Right?