Journal Entry

I couldn't get it done.

I even left work early to make sure I had time to pick up all my supplies and get started before dinner.

I got home from Lowe's at 4:00, thinking, "Wow, I'll have time to get the whole project done before dinner!"

I was wrong. I spent the whole evening working on it, and when K-- and N-- came over after church, I had just made my first real breakthrough since I'd started at 4:00. K-- and I together made a second discovery, which gave me most of the information I need to finish the job. I think.

I also spent about $85 on the project so far, and all of that is completely useless to me. Much of it can be returned (I hope), but that gives you an idea how much I thought I knew I was doing, and how many trips to Lowe's I ended up making. The whole project, finished, should cost less than $30, and right now I still have to go buy all the parts I'll actually need.

We did manage to get the pieces put back together, though, so I was able to turn the water back on last night. Small mercy, that. I'll take another stab at fixing it over the weekend sometime.

After I'd gotten done with that, D-- came by and asked if I could go out for a couple drinks. He'd had a worse day than I did (by far). We both needed it. So we dropped over to The Dugout and had beers and talked until about midnight. I was up for another hour after that, taking care of things that I hadn't had a chance to do in the afternoon with all my focus on the plumbing problems, so I was totally beat by the time I crawled into bed.

And, y'know, I always hate that alarm clock going off at 5:45, but today was worse than most. Ugh.

Tonight I've got a trip to the gym, and then I think I'l probably go home and crash. I've been dragging all day, but I've got to get in my reps and sets. That's just how it goes.

Stupid Thursdays....