Wacky Weekend

So this weekend was supposed to be quiet and boring. Which it was until maybe Saturday evening. N came down late Saturday evening and we hung out with my sis and went out for ice cream. Then he went home cause he was getting really tired and it was starting to storm.

The big stuff happened this morning. My sis and I were leaving for Wally World when we noticed a puddle in our garage between the trash can and the water heater closest. We thought that the garbage was leaking, so we decided to fix it when we got back. We get home and move the trash can and there's nothing leaking from it. So we think O FUCK. We move the stuff away from the water heater closet door and open it up. It was like the floods of '93 in there. We catch my parents at the airport pre-take off but my dad's phone is not getting much signal. there are a bazillion switches on this thing. and it's gas so i don't want the house to blow up. So i call N for moral support cause his dad is a plumber. meanwhile, my sister is calling every one we know in town cause N lives an hour away, so I wasn't going to make him come down unless there was no one else. Well, K my dad's buddy and a member of our carpool is out running errands. So my sis gets two of her older friends to come out. These dudes are roughnecks and basically jacks of all trades.

Meanwhile, everybody is slowing down in their Mercedes and Lexuses gawking at us, while we are stopping the floods. The roughnecks get it all shut off (including the gas) and K comes up. He talks to my dad via the phone and goes over to Lowes to pick up a water heater. Blah blah blah...my parents come home just as K and the roughnecks are starting to install the new one. Crisis ended. We have hot water so tomorrow I won't have to stink or take a shower god knows where. of course, i'm tired cause of all this and the whole daylight savings thing. what a way to end a weekend.

So how's my new laptop? Well, don't ask me. The UPS guy is holding it hostage until Monday afternoon cause this is the one time they want a signature. Not to mention the fact that they have dumped $3000 dell computers for the neighbors in our yard when we weren't even home. My sis left 15 mins before the UPS guy came. When I ordered it, my mom wasn't going to St. Louis with my dad. She decided this about wednesday night. Yay for me. I want my laptop love!!!!! I'm not bitter, i'm just having a trying time right now is all.

As a result of this weekend, I will forever know what the water shut off valve thingy for the water heater looks like. I will pay for expediated shipping on laptops. Those are a sampling of lessons I have learned this weekend.