And she's off - almost
I leave for Mongolia tomorrow, well technically Beijing as I'll be staying the night there THEN flying to the big M.
The past couple days haven't been without some excitement. Our rather large hailstorm on Thursday night left my downstairs carpet a sopping wet mess. Mostly in Tom's room. Desperately I went to Home Depot and dropped $250 on the biggest bad-ass De-Humidifier I could find hoping that would help. It started sucking the moisture from the air but slowly. So this morning I was back there buying the biggest bad-ass Wet/Dry Vac I could find. The ones that said "Professional" seemed like a good place to start. Then comes the Horse Power. The most horse power was 6HP. Alrighty then, I quickly ignored the 5H brands and the paltry 4 and 3H brands were beneath my consideration. I did mull over the DeWalt as that's a good name but it wasn't big enough I figured. Hell if I'm dropping gratuitous amounts of cash on something like this it's go big or go home. Oh and the thing is a Blower too. It does so many things, I was waiting for it to run itself.
With the De-humidifier chugging along I was down there on the squishy carpet trying to SUCK up all the water with the ShopVac. I could feel my electricity bill growing exponentially with all the whirrring equipment. The ShopVac is pretty damn cool I have to admit, and I might have enjoyed using it, if I wasn't feeling so DESPERATE trying to fix my predicament when I should be PACKING. Breath.... breath in the good... breath out the bad... ohhhmmmmm.
Tom called today so I got to tell him the bad news that his room is even worse off than before. And to admit that this was still all my fault as my gutters were still not completely fixed and the storm sent everything over the edge. He was lazing about by his sister's pool in California and didn't seem to concerned about the whole thing.
On the plus side I talked to my friend Joan who looks after my lawn (yes I'm a Lazy ASS) and she's coming by tomorrow to fix my eaves for me. (Big BIG sigh of relief)
My packing is done. I'm pretty sure I'm about 8lbs over the accepted wieght but at this point its like, "ya charge me the $30"
However I think everything is done. Kitty Kats will be looked after before Tom comes back- check. Phone call to the parents - check. Visa & money in the purse - check. All the gear is packed - God I hope so!
Stay tuned...
The past couple days haven't been without some excitement. Our rather large hailstorm on Thursday night left my downstairs carpet a sopping wet mess. Mostly in Tom's room. Desperately I went to Home Depot and dropped $250 on the biggest bad-ass De-Humidifier I could find hoping that would help. It started sucking the moisture from the air but slowly. So this morning I was back there buying the biggest bad-ass Wet/Dry Vac I could find. The ones that said "Professional" seemed like a good place to start. Then comes the Horse Power. The most horse power was 6HP. Alrighty then, I quickly ignored the 5H brands and the paltry 4 and 3H brands were beneath my consideration. I did mull over the DeWalt as that's a good name but it wasn't big enough I figured. Hell if I'm dropping gratuitous amounts of cash on something like this it's go big or go home. Oh and the thing is a Blower too. It does so many things, I was waiting for it to run itself.
With the De-humidifier chugging along I was down there on the squishy carpet trying to SUCK up all the water with the ShopVac. I could feel my electricity bill growing exponentially with all the whirrring equipment. The ShopVac is pretty damn cool I have to admit, and I might have enjoyed using it, if I wasn't feeling so DESPERATE trying to fix my predicament when I should be PACKING. Breath.... breath in the good... breath out the bad... ohhhmmmmm.
Tom called today so I got to tell him the bad news that his room is even worse off than before. And to admit that this was still all my fault as my gutters were still not completely fixed and the storm sent everything over the edge. He was lazing about by his sister's pool in California and didn't seem to concerned about the whole thing.
On the plus side I talked to my friend Joan who looks after my lawn (yes I'm a Lazy ASS) and she's coming by tomorrow to fix my eaves for me. (Big BIG sigh of relief)
My packing is done. I'm pretty sure I'm about 8lbs over the accepted wieght but at this point its like, "ya charge me the $30"
However I think everything is done. Kitty Kats will be looked after before Tom comes back- check. Phone call to the parents - check. Visa & money in the purse - check. All the gear is packed - God I hope so!
Stay tuned...
posted by Lise B at Friday, July 07, 2006
1 Comments:
Lise, you make me laugh my ass off! Have a good trip!
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