Lazy Saturday

Only it shouldn't be.  Isn't.  Won't be.  Wishing it was.  I slept in and now I'm feeling 'late' and yet not doing much towards heading out the door. But I must, really.  I simply must.

The box of plants arrived from High Country Gardens just in time for it to suddenly be scorching hot...which creates an inertia issue in terms of getting outside and digging holes for things.  We will because we won't let those plants die in the box - but maybe this evening.  I will try to wrap up work by 5 and we can get in our grubby garden clothes and shoes and work outside for a bit.

The homestead is in repair mode.  Our garbage disposal is dead and we ordered a replacement from Costco - best price out there if you can wait for it to arrive.  Plumber will be here on Tuesday morning to install.  Yes, I'm confident my hubby could do it himself - but no, he's not going to. No crawling under the sink, laying on his back with a wrench at weird angles.  He could and he offered to but we can live another few days without a disposer and happily pay someone to save the wear and tear on his body.

We also had a pool repair guy out - the heater isn't working and that makes the spa a worthless pond. PG&E is coming out this morning to do a pressure test because the heater fires up OK - but then it goes out - not enough gas pressure in the back to keep it running.  Once PG&E confirms there is pressure in the front and not the back, the pool guy will return and try to clear out the gas line - likely filled with water or something that is impeding the gas flow between the meter and the heater.  Once we get that repaired, we can heat up the pool to get the chill off.

Now if we could only whack the heck out of the palm fronds hanging over our pool (shading it) from our neighbors yard.  The most poorly maintained landscaping ever - I hate palms.  People don't maintain them well - and they just become gangly, dead branches - and in our case, those branches are hanging over our pool, shading most of it most of the day.  Grrr..

J.'s just telling me he's going to work on weeding behind the pool in preparation for planting and I will help upon returning from the salt mines.  That's how work feels at the moment.

Negotiations fell apart again yesterday and the perplexing issues facing us now are making my psyche grapple with things it absolutely has no time to grapple with.  I've got to get the budget done regardless of all the other stuff leaving it's wake - just trudge forward for now.

My boss and I were talking through our vacation schedule and he said (bless his heart) 'it's more important to me that you get some time off at the end of June vs. me - so you plan to be off whenever you want and just let me know the days you'll be gone.  I'll plan around you this year'.  Nice of him.

Alright - showering, dressing and leaving in that order.  Much to do -