Today was a real stress-test.
First, when I got up this morning I noticed how cold it was. It was cold because there was no heat. All day yesterday there were guys banging around in the cellar, sounding like they were ripping the building apart. There was evidently some problem with the heating-hot water system. I had not noticed anything wrong because the heat has been unusually reliable this winter, as opposed to a lot of other winters. It was very cold in here which made it hard to do much, other than to wish that it was warm.
I decided to pay our estimated tax which is due tomorrow. Usually this is paid on-line and if it takes 5 minutes, that’s a lot. A very efficient and quick thing. Not today. The IRS computer would not recognize me. All of our information has been the same forever. No could do. I called our accountant and he said just pay it by mail instead. This after wasting a lot of time, attempting to get recognized. I also spent a lot of time talking to the IRS computer who kept asking me if I wanted information about the Big Beautiful Bill (which I did not).
The clouds rolled in and it got nice and dark and gloomy. O boy. My very favorite thing. Gray and grim and cold (in the house).
The guys are still in the cellar.
I have a bad feeling about this.
See you tomorrow.
God bless everybody.
Patty
for awhile. My mother’s method (repeated pots of boiling water, which usually clears it) while most of the time is completely effective, did not seem to work as well. I will repeat tomorrow, but it looks like a visit from the plumber is in order. O boy! Just what I wanted.
