It’s really Friday now, right? I’m not still a day off? Well, TGIF! It’s pretty obvious I’ve been wanting it to be Friday for at least a couple of days.
We finally got some rain. The garden is thrilled. My plants do love a good deep rain. Can’t wait until it’s light enough outside to go check on things! Last night I went out after dark to grab a few leaves of lettuce for our sandwiches, and I could see a few more things had started to come up. The squash I planted in my large containers is sprouting, and the garlic is popping up too! I’m sure there are some other things as well, so I really want to get out there today to at least inspect for new baby plants. Hope today’s rain holds off long enough for me to do that, but then it can rain, rain, rain. Not like I’ll be going anywhere today.
Yes, I am getting grumpy about my lack of transportation. Sure, it isn’t like I go somewhere every day or really use the truck all that much, but I do like to get out of the house occasionally, and being stuck here all week has truly sucked, especially since I was feeling crafty but needed to go to the craft store to get a few things … like a new glue gun and glue sticks. And not going to the grocery store on Tuesday as I always do? Oh yeah, we are SO out of stuff right now. I’ve been milking the last little bit of Dr Pepper for all its worth and will run out today, and … we are out of milk. And butter. I am even out of olive oil! Argh!
So yes, being without my truck has sucked. Not knowing when Lin’s truck will be out of the shop sucks too, but I’m afraid to ask. They got the estimate for repairs yesterday. It’s a lot of work, and as anyone who has ever had any sort of post-wreck auto work done knows, it’s expensive as well. Thank goodness for full-coverage insurance (and for it not being my truck in the shop – I’d be inconsolable right now). I didn’t ask if they knew how long it was going to take, because it just doesn’t matter does it? It will take exactly as long as it takes, and I will be without my truck until it’s done. I’ll be miserable, even if I know it’s going to only take a few days or if it ends up taking a few weeks. I’m guessing a few weeks. Ugh.
It’s been a bit of a stressful weekend at Casa de Orb, for reasons I’m not discussing publicly, but yesterday that stress went away (yippee) and now we’re both looking forward to pizza night and a real two days of no actual work. Yes, that thing people call a weekend! OK, Lin gets to enjoy an actual weekend of no work (for a change), but I have to go grocery shopping and run a few errands on Saturday so we can survive another week of me lacking wheels. On the top of the list? Other than a new glue gun? A bottle of wine to celebrate the end of a crappy week and what we hope will be a very pleasant two days of total laziness. I am so looking forward to the weekend (and getting to drive the truck).
It’s not Saturday yet, so I suppose I should make a shopping list and do all the pre-weekend housework today. If I get that done early, I can begin my weekend early to make up for the fact my sorry self will have to go shopping on a Saturday morning. The horror. The horror! And I’d like to get a little crafting in today. I’ve been working on something all week (slowly), and it’s starting to come together. Can’t wait until it’s done so I can show you!
And now, to the housework!