And Then…

 

        If one thing does indeed lead to another, since May 1st , in my life , it leads to ten.

        This in NO WAY compares to real hardship; this simply affords me the chance to use my favorite expression:

                             It Is What It Is.

        A few weeks ago after a week of rain and during one Saturday night of torrential rain, I heard my husband yell from the bedroom,

                     “You better come see this.”

        Rain was gushing out of the ceiling fan. For those of us raised during the era of BE AFRAID OF THINGS, water and electricity do not mix.

        We did all of the I Love Lucy tricks we could think of with buckets and pans, and then we laughed.

        We stopped laughing and started mumbling as estimates came in.

        My husband’s recent expression is very similar to that period of time when we had two daughters in college.

        And so Lucy and Ricky now have a new roof which led to replacing boards on the fascia , which led to the outside of the house being painted , and because it then would not match the detached garage, we had the garage painted, and yes the previous paint color was discontinued, but we (Sherwin Williams) found the formula (Casa Blanca) and now the doors are being painted, and tonight we will get the estimate to replace the ceiling sheetrock in our bedroom, as well as tape it, float it, and paint it. Oh and we will need to steam clean our carpet at the very least.

        And then as I walked into the bedroom that I now call my office, I heard what sounded like a large freight train coming through the wall.  It was the air conditioning unit, which is right outside the bedroom wall, preparing for blast off.

        And then we discovered bees in the backyard.

        So I have been eating York Peppermint patties because that is all we have in the house. 

        What I really wanted was banana caramel pie, lemon bars, and chocolate sheet cake. 

        Does anyone understand this?