Trouble in Paradise

Taking K back to eye doc this afternoon. Now he's seeing grey patches in both eyes and they're not floating, although he can see through them.

Also the subtrade contractors told M the young guy's not doing such a great job in the basement. We had signed up to do a re-tiling and re-faucet job in our master bath afterward, but the owner's letting us out of that. The subtrades fixed all the load bearing walls for us while they were drywalling so we should be ok, but they say the insulation hasn't been done properly and the owner says it's ok so he's not fixing it. Fortunately they think all the plumbing is ok. Just like a Mike Holmes show (he helps people that have been victims of renovation), we thought if we didn't cheap out we'd get the best job.

So I'm just going about my daily routine today and trying to deal with things as they happen.


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Bear Safety

It's looking rainy outside. We have 145 sheets of drywall coming either today or tomorrow. The big Home Depot truck with it's crane-like facility will likely do the delivery. It has to go outside somewhere. I got my paint swatches and am leaning toward a 'calming cream' shade.

K's floater seems to have broken up yesterday. It turned into 3 little dots and went away. Because he's going camping up north on a field trip next week, I found him some bear safety tips just in case. They've asked them not to bring any snacks to attract animals. I've never really been camping myself.

L exchanged a work shift so she could watch the U.S. Open Tennis semi-finals today. Nadal's match was suspended yesterday due to rain.

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Floater continued

So M ended up at the optometrist this morning and K's eye is normal apparently. It seems even kids can get these floaters that are clumped up eye gel. So he only missed half a day of school. Emergency was slow and a waste of time, there is no opthalmologist on call so he would've just seen the emergency doctor. You really only want to go to emergency if you have no other choice, I think.

I was just reading this post in 'The Clutter Diet Blog' about the author's philanthropy group 'Impact Austin' It's a group of about 500 women who have pooled their money for philanthropical purposes. I think it's a wonderful idea.

Floater

L is receiving an academic award at school today for last year's work.

M is taking K to the hospital emergency this morning to check this floater thing that's developed on and off in his eye the past few days. It started in the doctor's office during his annual checkup. The doc couldn't see anything but told us we could take him to emergency to see an opthalmologist if it persisted. Last night I drew a picture of an eye and asked him to draw the floater beside it and it was almost the size of the pupil.

Oh, yesterday I mentioned that the contractor had asked us not to use the tap or toilet for a couple of hours. Well, it seems the electrician forgot and took a dump and flushed. It went right into the contractor's face and all over his shirt. He rushed home and showered about 3 times, poor guy.


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