Day 10 – The heat is still on. I’m beginning to wonder whether this will ever end. I’ve called the plumber more times than I care to mention, ditto on the condo association. I made dinner for my beloved boyfriend last night and almost got heat stroke. My patience is being severely tested. I have tried to stay calm and not yell at anyone but this is absolutely insane!!!! The heat is on full blast! I can’t sleep, my electric bill is going to be ridiculous from running every fan and both air conditioners 24-7, all my bread and fruit is going bad from the heat and no one has the courtesy to call me back!!! I just want to know when it will be fixed.
What I really cannot comprehend is why nobody seems to know when the parts will arrive…seems simple to me…. 1) Has the part actually been shipped? 2) Assuming the answer to #1 is yes, carriers (UPS, USPS, DHL, FedEx) give you a tracking number so you should be able to track the shipment. THERE SHOULD BE NO QUESTION ABOUT WHEN THE PARTS WILL ARRIVE!! Obviously I’m about to lose my ever loving mind. It is 4:25pm on Friday as I write this. It seems fairly unlikely to me that anything will be accomplished until next week at this point. I’m livid.
To make myself feel better I placed three orders online today - from The Loopy Ewe, KnitPicks and The Craftster Spreadshirt Shop. From lovely Sheri at The Loopy Ewe I ordered Lorna’s Laces Shepard Sock in Purple Iris, Interlacements in Fireplace Embers and the Soak wash sample kit. From KnitPicks I ordered DPN’s — one set of nickle, one of the new, gorgeous Harmony birch — as Lime & Violet noted that they were very pointy and fast for socks, and finally from The Crafster shirt shop I got a little custom t-shirt with the skull and crossed knitting needles that says “Knit Fast, Die Warm” on the front and “Sox, Drugs & Rock n’ Roll *Anita Cocktail *” on the back. I’m such a glutton when I’m upset!
To add insult to injury, Joe was called back to the office so he won’t be here with me this weekend. I offered to head up to his neck of the woods but that’s on hold til he sees what needs to be done at the office. Arrgh!
Ok, so the Monkey socks are on the needles and the lovely pattern is starting to emerge…I fully intend to give them the majority of my attention this weekend. A funny thing happened to the Monkey socks…. I was cleaning the apartment in preparation for the King’s arrival and as I was vacuuming the living room in a flash the Monkeys leapt off my arm chair and right at the Dirt Devil. It all happened so fast I can’t testify under oath about anything that occurred, but when the dust settled the Monkey sock was still on 4 DPNs but the ball of yarn was missing and there was only a fuzzy stub of a yarn tail hanging off the sock. I searched under the furniture, frantic to find the yarn. When it was nowhere to be found I turned the Devil over and found yarn wrapped around the roller. I started pulling it out wondering if it was possible that the damn vacuum had swallowed an entire ball of yarn. Once I had extracted the yarn from the roller I began to disassemble the whole vacuum trying to figure out where the ball was lodged. It was only after the thing started to look like an engineering assignment gone wrong that I glimpsed the ball…. on the other side of the room. Yes, I’m a moron. At any rate, one nice spit splice later I’m back in business.
Anyway boys and girls, pray for your old pal Lisa G. that the heat gets fixed and that the crackhead ex girlfriend doesn’t come a callin’. Have a great weekend, knit plenty and keep pimpin’ the blog to your friends… I’m seeing a lovely little spike in readership thanks to you folks!
Much love and rock on with your bad selves!
