Friday, October 07, 2005

Day Fourteen: Just When You Thought Nothing Else Could Go Wrong, Shannon Spills the Rootbeer

Ever have one of those days where absolutely nothing seems to go right? Or . . . . . more like all the obvious things that could go wrong, don't - for example, the plumbing seems to be on track, the floor joists are level, it was a lovely sunny day, and so on -but, somehow, all those little unexpected things go disastrously wrong.

For instance, this is the second attempt at todays Blog entry because MY COMPUTER CRASHED this evening and it looks like the hard drive is F-U-C-K-E-D! (so no photos today) That was only the second last major bad event of the day mind you. The first was probably when Steve realized he had forgotten to pick up screws from his trip to Home Depot and decided to stop off at Lumberworld. Seemingly innocent enough - they had the screws afterall, and we had a special account price on them - until he tried to back out of the parking stall and was smashed into by a really BIG FORD TRUCK who was also backing up. Of course the parking lot was devoid of potential witnesses - not that it mattered anyways. So, I got to spend a couple of hours on the phone with our private insurance company and ICBC and Steve had to keep interrupting work to give the details so we could get various claim numbers. We're REALLY glad we have private insurance through ING mind you - they treat you like real people!

The thing that really pushed Steve over the edge was when I spilled his Biggie Root Beer all over his feet and turned the driver's side floor into a small sugary puddle - just as we were about to begin the drive out to Otter Point. It's a wonder we made it here in one piece, especially since we can't signal left turns at the moment.

It's past midnight now. Hopefully we're in the clear.