Postby Elizabeth » Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:57 am
Hi everyone! As of last night, I have a swamp cooler again, courtesy of Elizabeth's Own HVAC. It took a valve replacement and two line splices + the usual maintenance stuff. DD17 and I went to church Sunday, and the announcements said that the newsletter was not available in hard copy, but could be read online. That meant I had to run home and put it there! DD and I went to local amusement park, then I had her around during the swamp cooler repair. I won't get on the roof without someone around. I finished late and ran out of time to put all the tools away (got some done). Other useful things done: LOL (but not put away), consolidated all lists into one, sewing elastic into pants started. That one list is single page, but two columns and FULL.
The event I coordinated Saturday went well. Several people expressed an interest in fostering. I remains to be seen if they follow through.
Between the repairs and the painting, plus general use, my house looks like a disaster recovery site. The huge list will help to manage it. Tonight's essentials are: cat transfer, put event items back in storage, grocery run, cat food run, and B&B. I may not get all the B&B done, but must at least pay the bills that are due.
DD told me she is planning to bike to the indoor swimming pool, which I thought was an excellent idea. It is a little under 3.5 miles from the x's house and would take a little more than 15 minutes to get there. It remains to be seen whether the x will allow her to leave the house by herself. (Step-brother spends all day video gaming and is very unlikely to accompany her). If she is allowed that, I will remind her that one library is even closer. It's a strange situation, the x's father was frequently deployed so his mother ran things, the x does not like to deal with financial planning and bills and insurance and paperwork so wives do it. However, DD17 is treated like a Saudi Arabian daughter, not allowed out alone, no access to money, relentless grilling about purchases made with me. But she is getting a good education and expected to attend college and being taught to drive. I expect that driving will come with the caveat that the x monitors every mile and determines the acceptable places to go (i.e. errands he sends her on).