Lesson 1

Since I am on the complete other side of the country from about 95% of the people that I know, and am absolutely bored out of my mind;  I thought that blogging would help the time to pass.  I have never thought of myself as a writer, but I have been known to come up with some pretty extravagant stories...usually with the help of friends and, according to most, a little exaggeration .
And with that, here is my lesson learned today:

Living in Washington and being married to someone who has to leave often has lead me to face things I never thought I would have to do, and especially not alone...which also has lead to some pretty interesting days.

Never a dull moment around here. 

Today started off with a sick Capone.  And that's just that.
Once I got home from work I had to deal with an overflowing toilet.  I've never seen a toilet overflow like this.  I'm not sure about everyone else, but when something goes wrong, my mind goes blank.  I did manage to turn off the water (or so I thought).  Which solved the problem temporarily.  Then I turned it back on, which apparently only agitated the situation and sent the toilet into a violent rage of overflowing water.   When all else fails, or just when I fail, I call my Mama.  She always knows best. 

"Turn off the water,"  was her advice.  Genius. 

And so the violent rage stopped.  I was left with a massive amount of water in the bathroom (which I just mopped and cleaned yesterday).  What a joy that was to clean.  Again.

And finally finished with me almost falling outside in the wet yard at about 11pm, all because tomorrow is the coveted 'recycling day.' --which you do not want to miss because people around here just don't throw things away.  This is a whole other topic which I get into at a later date.

At around 11:15pm, I had the idea to start blogging.  Mind you, I was washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen...yes, I'm that bored. 

I guess it's the designer in me fighting to come out and stay up all hours of the night;  really I have no explanation for my random need to stay up for no reason at all.  

A word from the wise, "Turn off the water."

Tomorrow's lesson:  Fight the inner design student, and go to bed at a reasonable hour because work is not going to be fun in the morning.

Good night!