CAUTION: Woman In Progress

Highs: 1.) Got the clogged drain in my heat pump repaired last night. Finally. 2.) I was calm, cool and collected during the repairs. 3.) I had lunch with my friends I haven't seen all week. 4.) I get to see/spend time with my babies tomorrow. All three of them! 5.) I lost another pound without really trying. 6.) Yesterday I completed and turned in my unexpected ASAP project/report that gave me a super tension headache Monday. 7.) I called BFF last night and we talked for an hour. 8.) I have an extra $10 in my checking account that I wasn't expecting. 9.) I finally got all the towels unloaded and folded yesterday in time for more laundry this weekend. 10.) The walk to the post office this morning wasn't unbearably hot. Lows: 1.) The girls' night out I had planned with my sisters got cancelled last minute. I may never make plans with them again. 2.) Had a momentary fighting tears woe-is-me-fest this morning at the reference desk. 3.) HPH did not facilita...

So. Tuesday night. Yeah. He didn't show. *sad* I rushed home, swept up all the yard trash (all the junk Libs and I track in), tossed errant panties into laundry hampers, shoved messes under beds and fussed with myself about what to wear, how to have my hair (leave it up? take it down?) and then collapsed in my jean capris and a snarky t-shirt to wait. And wait. And wait some more. I tried reading. I packed up some stuff I need to ship. I played with the Devil Pup. I even cleaned up the kitchen. By six-thirty I gave up, cooked supper and finally put on my pj's to settle in with Pretty Little Liars and the rest of my Tuesday night TV line-up. He never even called which is so unlike him. Any other time he's had to reschedule, he's called. So I called him yesterday morning. His office and then his cell. Never got an answer. I finally left a voicemail but still haven't heard back from him. I don't know if I should be worried or annoyed. I'm actual...

So, a few things going on in my head/life/world these days. 1.) The drainage pipe in the heat pump is clogged and therefore leaking water everywhere. Currently have three buckets/trashcans beneath the interior unit to catch it all. 2.) I get to see heat pump hottie tonight! *squee* 3.) I'm bouncing between extreme excitement and complete  dread. Excitement because, hello. He's a smokin' hottie. Dread because well, I'm uber lame around hot guys. Seriously. Brain + Hot guy=Complete mush. It's not pretty ya'll. So yeah. Stomach in knots. 4.) Unrelated to HPH, just talked to dude at the power company again. He says apparently the work orders got mixed up and it was my NEIGHBOR who had requested a tree to be cut down. So. Yeah. They'll come next week to dispose of the limbs and cut the trunk into manageable pieces for me to dispose of. 5) Emailed Mama about it and all she read was the "for me to dispose of it" part and had a complete freak ou...

I got to talk to Heat Pump Hottie today. *swoon* Unfortunately it wasn't because he called me up for a date. No, that would be too beautiful. Instead, I called him up with a dumb paranoid question about my heat pump and got to give him a chuckle at how much a worrywart I am. Story of my life. But dang, I'd forgotten how sexy his voice is. *swoony sigh* Edited to add: It's ridiculous, really, how just hearing his voice...even though he's quite obviously NOT into me AT ALL...can still keep me smiling long after the conversation has end. hehehe Edited three hours later to add: Still smiling. :-D Edited three hours after that to add: Seriously. I've GOT to stop smiling. I'm starting to annoy myself. But...still smiling. *annoyingly swoony sigh*

So yesterday was interesting. As I mentioned, I left early to go meet HPH and the power company inspector. Was supposed to meet HPH at 2 for the filter vent cover thing and the inspector was supposed to be there at 2:30. *shakes head* HPH didn't get there until 2:15 which, isn't so bad, I don't guess, but I'm all about punctuality. If he'd said "Between 2 and 2:30", yeah, that'd be fine. But he said 2. So I rushed home to get there in time and ended up waiting. Not a big deal, really, except having to wait got me really worked up with anticipation. LOL When he did get there, though, he did his thing with the new filter vent cover and I'm pretty sure wanted to wait in his truck until the power company guy got there. He sat out in his truck doing whatever for about 5 or 10 minutes before he finally came in. Avoiding me? lol So he did finally come in, though, and I invited him to sit and we ended up watching Food Network and trying to think of thi...

So I did actually make the coffee. *sigh* I rushed home all giddy, swept the floors, changed into my good jeans and fluffed my hair. Went around the house to make sure it was still clean. And then I waited. When he hadn't shown up by 6 I thought, okay. I'll make the coffee. I guess my thinking was that maybe God was waiting for me to make up my mind. And too, I thought, he might actually appreciate it since it was getting cool outside. So I made it. Poured myself a cup and waited. Turned the porch light on at about 6:30 and sipped my coffee. At around 7:00, he called. He wasn't coming. All the rain we'd had that day had interfered with the job he was doing and he was still working. Wasn't sure when he'd get finished. We talked for like maybe three or five minutes. Long enough for me to giggle stupidly a couple of times, him to complain about the rain and make arrangements to meet today before the inspector came to check out the unit and stuff. And then that was...

So the lights did get installed last night! Yay! Now I've definitely gotta paint the guest bathroom walls, though. The new light fixture is a bit shorter than the old one and on either side of it is some lovely maroon. Yes. The former owners at one point had MAROON bathroom walls. Yikes! Hopeful painting will get knocked out sometime this week. Not tonight and definitely not tomorrow night. So maybe Thursday or Friday night? That is, if I don't have a date Friday night. hehehe Nah, I'm pretty sure I won't, but it's fun to think about. Heat Pump Hottie called last night while my uncle was working on the lights. You remember I told you about how he said he'd hafta come back to install the filter vent thing? And remember how I totally screwed up by suggesting that my dad could meet him out there for that? Well, last night when he called, he asked me first about meeting with the electric company for inspecting the unit so that my financing can be approved. TH...

Friday was fun. I played hookie from work and Sis2 and I celebrated her birthday. Back in the summer while Emmy was here, we'd taken her to paint pottery. While there, Sis2 and I decided that for her birthday we'd go just us and paint whatever we wanted to and just make a day of her birthday. So that's what we did. We each painted two pieces of pottery each. I don't know that mine will turn out all that well. Especially with the first piece I did. It was a bud vase and I got a little creative with the top portion. Which wouldn't have been so bad if I had any talent whatsoever at painting. Which I don't. So fingers crossed it's not hideous. lol I think My second piece ought to turn out pretty cute, though. I kept it simple. Maybe a little too simple. But there's nothing wrong with simplicity, is there? Sis2 is awful when it comes to deciding on what she wants to do. I usually have a pretty clear picture once I pick out my pottery piece, of what colors I ...

Just called Heat Pump Dude and left a voicemail. You know, to make an appointment for installation of the heat pump? Gosh, didn't even talk to him directly--just heard his voice on the recording--and I'm all giggly and can't stop smiling. Can you imagine how silly I'd be if I'd actually spoken to him? This dude's gonna be the death of me. hehehe But now the agony of waiting for him to return my call and then seeing him again at least twice. *swoon* I need a life. LOL And no, I didn't pick him entirely based on his level of hotness. He's got skillz other than turning my brain to mush, doncha know. AND he gave me the best estimate. So there. :-P His hotness is just an added (delicious) bonus. ;-) Edited to add: Just got his call. I'm like trembling. Gah! LOL Edited AGAIN to add: Just noticed on his business card...he's a "Comfort Specialist." Oh you soooooo do not want to know where my mind went. hehehehe *shakes head* Tuesday can't ...

Or what an idiot looks like when face to face with a hottie. Oh, yeah. That idiot? Me. *sigh* lol So yesterday I was off work because I thought I was going to meet the plumber to do some work on the field line at my house. (yes, home owning maintenance has started...) Turns out the plumber couldn't make it 'cause he was in the hospital having some tests run or something. Doh! However, I'd also arranged to meet with a heating and air guy to get an estimate on a heat pump for the house. My current unit doesn't have heat or the heat doesn't work, whatever. Either way, with Fall rapidly approaching I'm looking into having a sparkly new energy efficient heat pump installed. And oh. my. gosh. *drool* the dude that showed up was so smokin' hot that not only did he leave me slack jawed and giggling like a school girl with her first crush...no, this dude was so smokin' hot he left a trail of ashes. lol Oy. Try having coherent thoughts about SEER ratings and finan...