good thing i have a roll of quarters

soooo...

guess what didn't get fixed last night.

 i should have video taped because it was a sight. i couldn't figure out the problem with the washer, but i had to move the dryer to get a huge bucket back to drain the thing, and take the dirties out and throw them into the tub to rinse...then, today i was planning on taking them to the laundry room here at the apt (i forgot we had one!). so i packed it all up in a basket, and leashed the boys and off we walked. when we got down there, i didn't have the code to the door, which was okay because i was on my way to the office anyway to drop off rent.

when i got there, i explained the problem and they explained that i had to have a special card and it cost $8, but they were out and wouldn't have any until friday. (the new girl told me all of this) then the manager got off the phone and came to play with the boys, and said they would get a maintenance guy out first thing tomorrow morning so it'd be ready when i got home from work. good.

now i have a roll of quarters. whatever will i do? hmm..save one and always have it handy for aldi's shopping cart. then i think i may start a rainy day fund for diet coke necessity at work. feed the addiction.

and as for the TAKS tests-officially my kids are done-skie (pronounced dunsky), but i apparently am not. i have to administer the science test tomorrow for 5th grade, and i will also be (as i mentioned last night) helping with 5th graders during the last period every afternoon. and as a bonus i get to do saturday school again! yippee. (you know about punctuation). i know, i know, i had you all convinced that i was done...i had myself convinced that i was done!

and since i'm administering test again tomorrow, that means day 3 of pizza, which is 3 days too many! wish they'd just throw up a salad for us-ok, not regurgitate, more like toss. but then again, i guess there is no mandate for them to get us anything...so, in all fairness, i do appreciate it. but i think i might have indigestion, so i think i'm going to bring a peanut butter and jelly sandwich tomorrow anyhow.

i probably ought to find something to cover that carpet patch before the maintenance guy comes tomorrow until i can figure out what to do with it! perhaps i should get the wee pads out of the tub in the tub too in case he needs to dump anything in there. i washed a couple of them by hand tonight, and let me just say: incontinence pads hold a lot of doggy pee...i didn't realize how much. nasty. i had to take a shower afterward. oh, and they are super heavy when they absorb all that water while washing and that makes it really hard to wring them out! i feel like my forearms are going to be 2 sizes larger tomorrow from the workout! (i guess you probably don't measure shirt forearms by sizes, eh?)

 may all of your appliances be in working order,
julie