Wednesday, January 23, 2008

I Need a Wife*

*Otherwise known as a Personal Assistant

Had to wait this morning for the plumber to come yet again. We were discussing the faucet that fills the pool, which he had buried in the ground with a pipe around it. Once his guys move the pool shower structure back over the pipes and the opening, I would have to reach into the ground (past potential rattlers lurking underneath the structure) each time I have to fill the pool, which is weekly during the summer.

The plumber was half an hour late, which meant—after voicing all my concerns, paying the bill, and listing other jobs for him to do—I was fifteen minutes late to work.

And he's coming again on Friday to install a reverse osmosis filter. So that means I must take Friday off from work, as I'm not allowed to telecommute.

Has anyone in history every used all their annual vacation days during the first month of the year? I'm about to set that record.

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