I know that a lot of people aren't thrilled with the weather as of late... yes, I understand that it is ridiculously cold out and that the snow is inconvenient for all you jerks out there that can't figure out that going slower would help immensely... but, today, I had it. As you know I had been away for the weekend and Gaetan was busy with the kids and not home a lot either... so there wasn't a lot of laundry or dishwashing being done. So... a few days ago when I wanted to wash some clothes our washing machine wouldn't work. It happened before I left and there was some build up on part of the pipes, which got cleaned and we were good to go. But, because of the way our place is set up (being on the end and the way that our unit is facing) our washing machine pipes are directly in the wind and they were frozen solid. Annoying. What's even more annoying was the complex's solution... just put a space heater in there for a couple of days and hopefully it will thaw out the pipes... really? And they wanted us to keep the door open to our place... which would be basically pouring our our heat through that uninsulated wall. The reason why we keep our door shut is because it's really cold in that room and the machines are loud! I'm not sure about you, but having 3 small children, one in CLOTH DIAPERS, makes for a lot of laundry and fast. And their solution didn't really seem like it was going to be fixing the solution anytime soon. Irritated. On top of that yesterday our pipes to our sink froze so while I was trying to do dishes from dinner everything backed up. The maintenance guy came out and tried to unclog it but said that he was going to have to have somebody come out the next morning and fix it. turns out there wasn't really a clog of food but of ice. Gaetan and I just poured boiling water down the drain a few times and wouldn't you know, the problem was fixed. So, at least we fixed the sink but the washer was still an issue...
Today, to say the least, was the most frustrating day I've had in a long time. Excluding outside people from our family, this was the worst. I don't know what is going on with our kids but Tristan and Lucy couldn't get their crap together to save themselves. They would constantly pick on each other and whine and cry over THE DUMBEST things. Norah, was a sweet heart, of course, which did help. But, I have never just wanted to get out of the house and not come back until they where either asleep or guaranteed better. So, Gaetan so graciously let me go to capo class tonight which was exactly what I needed. We were supposed to go up to my parents to help with their phones and so that I could go to symphonette. I didn't go to KPhil on Monday because everything was shut down and it just wasn't safe to leave... but we didn't go to Caledonia today because the roads were so terrible still! There was a semi that was turned 180 in the ditch on 131 right by our place, that another semi pretty much just ran into... we saw a garbage truck in the ditch and Spartan (my dad's work) posted that all truck drivers should stay off of 131 if they could help it... which is saying a lot for a trucking company to say that!
Anyhoo, back to the day. So... while I'm at capo Gaetan said that the washer was working and he was going to do a load. Turns out the pipe to the machine was thawed out but the drain wasn't so we flooded our place. Awesome. On top of that it flooded our neighbors living room (through the wall). Double awesome. So Kim comes over to tell us that she and Chase are leaving because their furnace has been acting strangely and it smelled like burning... so basically, she was warning us that her place might burn down in the middle of the night. Triple awesome. We did get the washing machine thing figured out so all our appliances work now but it was such a hassle and it seemed like it was just one thing on top of another thing. I am so glad that this day is over.
JVG
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