“Remoted” – Day 521 (Thursday)

Yay! Rain AND tornado warnings!

The weather threw a monkey wrench into plans for the day. The rain and the three tornado alerts that blasted between 10:45 this morning and 1:00 this afternoon not only bumped Netflix off the airwaves each time, they also derailed lunch plans with a friend from out of town. Some highway hydroplaning early in on the one-hour trip from Worcester county to Middlesex county, today's spots for tornado potential, led to a parking lot phone call and a mutual decision to postpone our lunch plans. 

The afternoon turned into a leftover pizza lunch and a puzzle marathon that spanned eight solid hours and resulted in an incomplete puzzle, a sore neck, and a sore lower back. The puzzle was assumed to be easy at 500 pieces, but it is crazy hard. Every piece seems to fit in multiple places, especially on the edges. And physically, it's been rough. It may be time to write to the chair making folks and request an ergonomic puzzle chair.

At 5:00, while taking a quick break from the torturous puzzle and preparing Winston’s supper, there was time to reflect on what has been a disappointing vacation week. The few things that were planned were derailed, and everything else has been a wash out, even when it wasn't raining. 

Crazy hard puzzle.

There had been a beach trip planned for early in the week that was bumped when the beach buddy had a change in plans that resulted in being out of town for the week instead. The water tank issue stepped in to suck the air out of two days when Monday was spent looking for a plumber, then Tuesday occupied with waiting for the plumber that was four hours late. The laptop has begun not recognizing it's plugged into the charger, leading to several days of aggravation and acrobatics to find the sweet spot when it will charge for a few minutes. 

Today, there was a check of the extended warranty coverage and a claim filed. A box is now on the way so I can send the problem unit in for service. Then there  was the weather wrinkle, and then the extra icing on the day was the 5:00 realization that it is already Thursday, not Wednesday like I thought it was for most of the day. 

This week needs a do-over. Correction – this entire month needs a do-over. The never ending stream of twirling and twisty crazy can stop any time now.