Yesterday I shared how I was on my own this week to take
care of our hearth and home. I was all puffed up about how I can handle it and
it is no big deal, I’m just taking one for the team. This morning I have to
report that it sounded good in theory but it was tough to put in practice. As
soon as I threw “I am woman hear me roar” into the universe, I was met with a challenge.
As I was preparing to run errands yesterday I ran into my
husband’s home office to see what type of print cartridges I needed to buy for
our printer. (SIDE NOTE: I buy these printer cartridges all the time and every
time I have to go check to see what I need. I annoy myself!) I ran into the
office looked at the model number and ran out and as I was sprinting up the
stairs I realized that my socks were wet. Isn’t that fun, when you are all set
to head in one direction and life stops you dead in your tracks! I was standing
on the stairs trying to figure out why my socks were wet and decided grudgingly
that I should head back down the stairs and find the wet spot…AGH!
Down the stairs I went looking for the reason for my wet
socks and I found it. Water had seeped under the office wall from the furnace
room and basically turned my husband’s office into a swimming pool (exaggeration
due to frustration!). I tried using our old shop Vac to clean up the water, but
because I am always an I LOVE LUCY episode the hose kept dropping out of
the vacuum. I decided to unplug the humidifier on the furnace and prayed that would
ease the water issue. The crappy vacuum headed to the trash and I just kept
feeling like I was being mocked for acting like keeping the home fires burning
was no big deal.
This morning I decided that I needed a trained professional
to come in and back me up. I have never repaired a furnace nor do I even want
to begin to diagnose what is causing us to have the beginnings of a wading pool
in our basement, that job belongs to a highly skilled professional not Lucy. I
can do a lot of things but messing around with a furnace is not a good idea…AT
ALL! I have called our furnace company which I should have done yesterday and
they will be here tomorrow…they would have come today but I have a busy
afternoon and cannot be stuck here waiting for the furnace repair company. Yeah
I know, priorities, however keep in mind it is the holidays and every minute
counts right now!
Basically, my womanly roar is more like a meow. I act like I
have it all under control, but the truth is I am always doing the fake it until
you get it thing, with the focus on the fake it part. This time tomorrow I hope
that our furnace mystery is solved, easily and inexpensively. My puffed up
demeanor is more subdued now. For fun I looked up quotes to remind me how life
works and I will share them with you today.
This was just in case I forgot that I am just a cog in this
wheel of life and that I can think and plan whatever I want, but in the end God
is running the show. Have a good day and stay dry!
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