Well this is a little fustrating when the I found out about the power going off on my lights I was really wishing for a quick fix but no that would be too easy. Well they after the visit from the electrician I got the bad news about having to replace the fuse box and re-wire the ceiling lights for most of the house. But first Edison was needed to come down and unlock the meter to be pulled off. Well that part went off without much effort they arrived later that same day. The contractor was notified and said he would be here on Sunday morning.
Well I should of been glad to have the next day off without having to deal with workers tramping through the house but to me it was just another delay of getting the job done in a timely fashion. Well needless to say I pretty muched lounged around the house all day didn't leave although I probably could of but the only thing I would of done is spend it with my daughter but she had to baby sit her mom on her trip to the dentist. So that left me with no company and not really up to going to work for one day and then back home to wait on the repairs.
Sunday arrives and the actual electrical contractor arrives with the other worker and he delivers more bad news more delays cause in order for him to do the work a permit must purchased to get the approval of the modification to the house. Isn't it just like that all the time you can do anything without a permit which is just another way of them taking more money from us then we are already putting out in the first place for the repairs. So now the project has now been put off til Tuesday which now leaves Monday as a free day for me.
So now after one more delay I am now looking at being out the entire week. And although I could probably use the break from reality, this is really not the type of adventure I would call a release from work. And unfortunately although the actual work isn't really costing me anything it will be costing me the required earnings I would of made had I been at work all week. Well I guess I am just going to have to hit it hard when I get back and try to recoup the loss of income.
I am going to be missing out on a few shows during the week but I am playing that by ear for the moment, although for the moment my lovely spoiled little girl has graciously volunteered to try to record my shows but we will have to see for sure if she can pull it off. I know she tells me that she is the recording queen and works miracles so I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.
Well I think I have rambled on long enough and as they say it only happens in America. So I will on here for the next few days until the power is off so I guess I better call it night for the time being.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Who turned off the lights ?
This month started in the pretty much the same way it always does but instead of working myself to death I was able to take a few days off before started back again. Well after my first day back at work I picked up Planners job for the day. During the day I had to go on a mission of mercy due the fact that someone's car wouldn't start.
So off I went to my daughter's house in order to take her to drop her sick kitty in so the vet can get a urine sample, I keep invisioning the lab techs following her around the facility with a zip lock baggie to catch the urine before it hits the floor and becomes forever contaminated. Well I know that isn't exactly what they do but just couldn't shake that image out. So after dropping of the sick kitty I took my daughter back home and tried to jump start their car which I did but unfortunately I found out later that it went dead again. Which meant I needed to make another trip to go pick up Pixie from the Vet.
And through it all the day still had one more thing for us to do and that was our weekly Target Tuesday run in which we both enjoy shopping, lingering around and all the general sillyness that is usually involved in the day. After the shopping adventure there is always one more stop before going home and that is a trip for food at Fantastic's Cafe where my daughter gets her usual Bacon Cheeseburger and fries and diet coke, Chicken dinner for mom and undecided dad changes it up every week. Then home to scarf all the yummy food before I had to make the trip back home for the night.
Well being it was tuesday I left some lights on at the house so I would be coming home to a totally dark house. Well that was the plan but needless to say that isn't exactly what I came home and saw. All the light fixtures in my house were all off except for my bedroom which is strange in itself but also all the outlets where still working. So lucky for me I do have some lamps in my house it still isn't enough for all the rooms. Obviously this makes it a little bit doing some of the normal routine but I went back to work the next day and got off early to check the power again but unfortunately with the same results.
Well an electrician was needed to come out and check out the problem to determine the cost and if it would be a simple fix or a major overhaul. Well I wish I could say it was the easy fix but unfortunately it was determined it would be a new fuse box and total re-wire job that will take around 3 or 4 days maybe more. So as much as I enjoyed my last exodus from work this time it will be a bit more painful in that I will not be making money for being off this time and depending on how long it takes I might not see a check at all the coming week.
I guess the flip side to this whole sad story is that I will be able to catch up on some reading and my suduko books as I will not have any power to watch tv or listen to music well I do have batteries to listen to music and my Ipad & Ipod too. I better make sure my laptop is fully charged so I can at least do some busy work. I will have to take time off cause I don't like the idea of not being home when there is someone working in my house.
I am also going to have to get ready for my next car maintenance visit and this will be one of the bigger ones cause of it being the 75,000 mile check. Well I can only hope for the best for the rest of this week although I am still up in the air on whether I will be working at all this week or taking the whole week off. Well only time will tell so I guess I have already gone on and on forever now.
So off I went to my daughter's house in order to take her to drop her sick kitty in so the vet can get a urine sample, I keep invisioning the lab techs following her around the facility with a zip lock baggie to catch the urine before it hits the floor and becomes forever contaminated. Well I know that isn't exactly what they do but just couldn't shake that image out. So after dropping of the sick kitty I took my daughter back home and tried to jump start their car which I did but unfortunately I found out later that it went dead again. Which meant I needed to make another trip to go pick up Pixie from the Vet.
And through it all the day still had one more thing for us to do and that was our weekly Target Tuesday run in which we both enjoy shopping, lingering around and all the general sillyness that is usually involved in the day. After the shopping adventure there is always one more stop before going home and that is a trip for food at Fantastic's Cafe where my daughter gets her usual Bacon Cheeseburger and fries and diet coke, Chicken dinner for mom and undecided dad changes it up every week. Then home to scarf all the yummy food before I had to make the trip back home for the night.
Well being it was tuesday I left some lights on at the house so I would be coming home to a totally dark house. Well that was the plan but needless to say that isn't exactly what I came home and saw. All the light fixtures in my house were all off except for my bedroom which is strange in itself but also all the outlets where still working. So lucky for me I do have some lamps in my house it still isn't enough for all the rooms. Obviously this makes it a little bit doing some of the normal routine but I went back to work the next day and got off early to check the power again but unfortunately with the same results.
Well an electrician was needed to come out and check out the problem to determine the cost and if it would be a simple fix or a major overhaul. Well I wish I could say it was the easy fix but unfortunately it was determined it would be a new fuse box and total re-wire job that will take around 3 or 4 days maybe more. So as much as I enjoyed my last exodus from work this time it will be a bit more painful in that I will not be making money for being off this time and depending on how long it takes I might not see a check at all the coming week.
I guess the flip side to this whole sad story is that I will be able to catch up on some reading and my suduko books as I will not have any power to watch tv or listen to music well I do have batteries to listen to music and my Ipad & Ipod too. I better make sure my laptop is fully charged so I can at least do some busy work. I will have to take time off cause I don't like the idea of not being home when there is someone working in my house.
I am also going to have to get ready for my next car maintenance visit and this will be one of the bigger ones cause of it being the 75,000 mile check. Well I can only hope for the best for the rest of this week although I am still up in the air on whether I will be working at all this week or taking the whole week off. Well only time will tell so I guess I have already gone on and on forever now.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
