What a weekend

Everybody, including me, was sick on Friday, so I was out. A lot of running around. Oldest feels better, wants to go to school. Oldest to school (over my vague objections that she was too sick), home. Mrs. to doctor. Call from school. Oldest needs to come home (a whole HOUR after I dropped her off). Youngest in car, off to get oldest, stop by Dr's office. "We're closing for the day, go to other location 25 minutes away at 2PM." Home, cleaning, wife calls, looks like she has strep.

She comes home, shlep the kids to other office, oldest has strep, youngest might. Two MORE prescriptions on top of Mrs', home. Good thing we have meatloaf in the freezer & bought chicken soup for dinner. I skip shul Friday night, we have soup, I'm in bed by 9PM & out cold by 9:03.

Wake up at 6, kids running in & out, get out of bed by 7:30 or so, leave them home & head to shul. Back, have meatloaf for lunch, send Mrs off to nap, fall asleep on the couch & then upstairs in oldest's bed. limp through the rest of shabbos and eventually watch a lousy hockey game.

Sunday. Ah, Sunday. I shall attack the bathroom, and try & crank this sucker out. Start off with pancakes - youngest, who crawled into our bed around 6, is still asleep until about 10 - very unusual. Head across to neighbors with tools, install door sweep. Back home, and get the new mirror/medicine cabinet in. Without using a single swear word, I might add. Out to garage to retrieve useful plumbing bits off the old sink. Use a LOT of swear words.

Back inside, line up the vanity, screw in place. Begin assembling new faucet arrangement. Most parts are simple, sink stopper is not so, dry fit the sink on and...

The new down pipe is shorter and smaller than the old one.

Off, believe it or not, to the first hardware store trip of the day, find a plastic, flexible J joint that looks like it might work, buy, back home to discover - still too big around.

SIGH.

Quit for the day, go make burgers (which perked everyone up considerably), and call it a weekend.