drama, drama, drama
I’d like to give you a recap of my week if you don’t mind. It’s been very eventful. You may remember that my heater broke earlier this week, and how yy brother-in-law fixed it. There is a good use for him, afterall :P
The next day, my TV broke. No big deal, but it was right before Christmas Eve and we usually watch a new movie together that night. My sister-in-law gave us one. It’s amazing. It’s like 20 years old, and it’s perfect. Plus, you feel like you’re in the 80′s while you’re looking at it, and I miss the 80′s, so it all works out.
Christmas day, I went to my “other mother’s” house. While getting out of the car, I dropped my cell phone in her driveway. I do this all the time when I get out of the car, but this time I didn’t realize it. So, my phone sat there all night, in the drizzling rain. Here’s the thing. My last cell phone got dropped in the toilet, then my husband bought us Blackberry’s last year. The biggest reason we bought Blackberry’s, aside from the fact that they’re so much fun, was that they were a T-mobile Hotspot phone. With this phone and the Hotspot plan, we can talk as long as we want from home and not use any minutes. Without my Blackberry, I use minutes. I need to talk to Laura, A LOT. It’s how I get through the day. Plus there are those people who call, who never let you go, and that can use minutes…lots and lots of minutes. I know I could not answer the phone, but I like them, so it makes it hard. Anyway, my husband gave me his Blackberry, because I am home more. We’ll replace his when we can. Isn’t he neat?
On Friday, I was starting a load of laundry and the washing machine broke. This is the point where I finally broke down, and started sobbing. I can live without all those other things, but I want my washing machine! I was on the phone with Laura as this was happening, and she had no idea what was going on because she couldn’t understand anything I was saying, because I was crying so much. I didn’t have any clean clothes, because I am always behind on laundry.
A lot of people who go to my church will send out emails, when we need prayer. I sent out a very dramatic email, that said to pray for me because I didn’t have any clean clothes, and that they were all covered in slobber and snot. I should probably start using that gmail application for “drunk emailing” in these kinds of situations. The idea is that you have to solve some math problems before you email people. This gives you time to reconsider the email, before you embarrass yourself. Fortunately, they love me unconditionally :)
We’ve gone through so many washing machines, and I just figured out, that it’s because I really don’t know how to do laundry. I think I am putting WAY to much in there. Hopefully, I will teach my children to take care of themselves before they move out, so this sort of thing would happen a little less for them.
My “other mother” blessed me with a new washing machine. It’s beautiful and its so QUIET. We thought something was majorly wrong with it, because we couldn’t hear it. When the clothes are agitating, all you hear is a tiny “swoosh” sound. It’s doesn’t jar the house when it starts spinning either, it’s another Christmas miracle.
