Jacob turned 16 today! I’m taking the afternoon off to take him to the DMV for his driver’s permit. He is very excited about the prospect of driving.
It is hard to believe that he’s 16 already. Time flies. Happy Birthday, Jake!
water & sewer
Yesterday, our hot water heater stopped working. The pilot light went out and would not stay on when relit. Brian called the plumber to take a look and it was fixed in short order (and the bill wasn’t excessive).
We had the sewer work done at the office a few weeks ago and were waiting on someone to come and do the concrete work. That day finally arrived yesterday. I guess that means I have to pay the bill now (as you can imagine, this one is on the excessive end).
the hunter from the woods
This book was written by Robert McCammon, who is one of my favorite authors. It was pretty good and had an interesting premise: it was about a werewolf who was undercover for the British military. Apparently there’s another book about this same character, The Wolf’s Hour. Surely I must have read it in the past, but I really can’t remember. So, I should probably check it out, too.
My rating: 3.5/5
celebration
We had our (almost) annual Mother’s Day/Jacob’s birthday party yesterday. I even tried to schedule it on a different day (Jake’s actual birthday), but a school event came up so we had to reschedule and this was the only day that worked for everyone. The usual suspects were present. I made a ton of food and prepped most of it on Saturday, so it was easy sailing yesterday. It’s barely even a challenge to cook for a dozen plus people anymore. I think I need to up my game.
hvac
Add another skill to our list. Our house a/c has been broken since the fall. We scheduled an appointment to have it fixed last month, but the guy never showed up.
Annoyed, I did a little research and found that the problem was probably a capacitor that needed to be replaced, which we’ve had done in the past. Further research showed that this was a pretty easy thing to do. So I bought a capacitor on Amazon and Brian replaced it and the a/c is running again! And, he didn’t charge for labor, so we’ll call it a win.