Got the furnace fixed. Service man installed a new gas valve. That did't seem to make a difference, so he cleaned a drain line. Water accumulating in the wrong place effects air pressure in the firebox, so he pulled a fitting of and blew through it. Some water ran out and dripped on the control circuit board, and something made a strange noise. He had a used board available(never throw out good parts) and when that was installed, everything worked. He said he wasn't going to mention the board, so I wont be charged for it. Thats service talk for " I broke your furnace. Don't tell the boss and it will be our secret".

I've been trying to do some fine work with the table saw, but it's in the garage. Hard to work when its freezing. Apparently my wife is opposed to setting up the green house as a wood shop.

Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as cabin fever, may be setting in. Uff da. We were doing yard work last week. Rakes, shovels, shirt sleeves, mud puddles. Now, about a foot of snow in the garden.

Glad your furnace is fixed Doug.

Here in mid-Michigan we've had rain, freezing rain, and snow. The slush is about 3" deep and weighs about 300 lbs; temps are hovering at 34 degrees. I would kill for some pollen in place of this crap, allergies be damned.

Raining cats and dogs here today.  Since it's so stormy:

 Someone must be out front somewhere next door or across the street because the 2 girls keep running to the window and barking their fool heads off. I'm threatening to debark them. Neiko must have understood the threat because he walked back to the bedroom to lay in his crate.

I have a massage scheduled in an hour. Can't. Wait. The pain/tightness in my shoulders is no longer tolerable.

We got into a conversation late at work last night about legalizing pot. Surprisingly everyone in the conversation was for it. I don't really have a opinion about it one way or another. Wouldn't care if it were legal. Don't care that it's not. It was a fun conversation though 

Yesterday, I observed a student in a class with a teacher I had when I went to the school. She totally hates my student. I was going to possibly go in to this class again today, but I decided not to go until later in the day. I'm hacking up lungs this morning, as I am most mornings. I decided to wait till the afternoon to go over because usually it clears up a bit in the afternoon, and I won't be disruptively hacking and disturbing the class. I also decided it would be better to do all my work together. I can just go to this one and go right to the next one.

It's pouring rain, so I won't bother to straighten my hair. I'll just wet it and let it curl. 

I wish my idiot neighbor across the street would keep their unspayed females indoors when they are in season.  There were at least six male dogs tearing down their fence this morning to get to whichever female is in heat. This has been going on for a few days now. They won't fix the fence or the dogs and calling our AC is useless.  It's fine to pass mandatory spay/neuter laws but if they won't enforce them, why bother?  I've had one unpleasant encounter with these moron neighbors and don't really want to escalate things but I'm fed up.  Their dogs crap in our yard and probably never had a vaccine of any kind, ever and they look so unhealthy to me.  The only time the owners even attempt to contain them in the yard is when they are in season.  I feel sorry for the dogs but I'm ready to try and trap them and take them to AC myself.  This morning when I was getting in my vehicle, Gabby and I were charged by two of the courting male dogs.  Luckily, there was no real intent on their part and a shout sent them running but Gabby was a bit freaked.  I was more than a bit pissed off! 

Now that I've got that off my chest I'll share that we've got perfect weather here.    I hope those still dealing with the cold, snow, slush, sleet and whatever get a break soon.  I'll be moaning about the heat soon enough.

Karen, I'm so happy about Bugsy.  :) 

Doug, I hate hearing about service techs like that and I know it happens all the time.  At least you got a new gas valve out of it and your furnace fixed. 

Doug - yay for a working furnace.

Great news about Bugsy.

Weather is great here. I wish I could share it with those of you dealing with winter weather in April.

I have a dental cleaning at 9 and then I'll take Shane for a walk. Maybe some shopping later this afternoon.

iluvjamison

After the week I've had, I think I'll have 16 or 17 of these tonight.

Just noticed this,Deb.  I'll have an extra margarita in your honor tonight. :)

Jackie, that sounds like a horrible situation with your neighbors.  Those people are the type who wouldn't respond to anything you did or said to try to address the problem, I bet.  Despite not having met them, I'm certain that I disklike them immensely, just by your description!  Why do some people have to be so ignorant and inconsiderate?

Doug, sorry you have to play "musical yard tools" rotating between rakes and snow shovels!  I guess I shouldn't complain about the erratic weather here -- one day it's comfortable enough for just one layer of clothing and cute springy shoes -- the next day you might need 3 layers, a rain jacket, and boots (like my outfit today).

I'm so glad it's Friday.  Being gone all day last Sunday and having a full week has caused me to feel behind in all kinds of tasks and chores (some trivial, others very important).  It's stressing me out.  I wrote a long list of "To Do's" last night, and I will start tackling them as soon as I get home today.

The biggest load off my mind is I decided not to pursue the job opportuntiy I mentioned in yesterday's thread.  I've never been one to feel good about taking risks and making changes -- and this would've required both, in huge amounts (totally different type of work, significant increase in hours and stress, at a lower rate of pay).  It would be a new career path, potentially more personally rewarding, but I just couldn't muster the courage to do it.  I decided I'd rather feel a little regret about not trying it, instead of the much greater risk of having a serious negative affect on the new employer (and my physical and mental health) if I got in there and realized it was a bad fit and way too much for me to handle.  One good thing:  it motivated me to get serious about kicking off a job search (in my existing field).  I got my resume all polished up, which was a big step for me!

Hi all -- Doug glad the furnace is fixed despite the crap, Karen -- I'm SO glad Bugs is better -- now for YOU to get rested!

Jackie -- someone should just send you the 2X4 -- if brains were gunpowder those folks wouldn't be able to blow their nose!!  grrr

Jen -- feel better  That's an ugly way to feel on Friday.

This week has again been SO busy.  David's taking off a bit early so this time it's HIM going home to let the dogs out & feed them, then he's picking me up at work for my "Valentine" (going to the Taylor Swift concert - and yeah, I'm the fan!).  We'll probably be the oldest ones there, but I truly don't care.  We'll have fun.

 My mom says it's not cold, but I'm sitting here in a sweatshirt with a blanket. I think I'm going to go warm myself up in the shower. I'll be debating whether I tell my friend to come get Luke for class, or if I take him myself tonight.

I'm sad that Jonathan Winters died. It brings back sweet memories of laughing like crazy while watching him with my dad and makes me miss him a lot.

I feel stressed like a tight rubber band so I'm hoping a walk with Shane will help. If not, I'll take several of Deb's drinks too.