1. The 3 hours of my life I will never get back that I wasted at the Apple Store and Best Buy two weekends ago, picking up my repaired phone, setting my repaired phone back up, and getting a screen protector for my repaired phone. NOTE: If you buy lifetime screen protectors someplace, make sure you HAVE THE OLD ONE WITH YOU even if the genius at Apple THREW IT AWAY. Also, make sure you buy it with your current email and phone number, not your husband's work email from 20 years ago and a freaking LANDLINE you barely remember even having. Minnie was THRILLED to play Mario Kart at Best Buy, though, so that was happy **shrug** (I almost started crying on the phone with campus tech support because I needed my email for my phone's e-sim but I could not duo authenticate without my phone-- it was a whole Thing).
2. GAH. THE FREAKING MICROWAVE. Ben bought one at Best Buy (bad karma at this store, I guess) that is the same one we have only 13 years newer. We took the old one out ON SATURDAY TWO WEEKS AGO and thought we could just install the new one in its place since all the mounting hardware was already installed, BUT WE CANNOT because in the last 13 years, GE has changed the number of slots in the back of the machine and corresponding hooks on the bracket that's drilled into our studs. SO WE HAVE INSTALLERS COMING TODAY. For an EXTRA $200. Love that for us **eye roll** Also! When I got my screen protector, I had the Best Buy manager change my contact info the current info that I used to buy the microwave and installation package. So now I have 2 Best Buy accounts that are not merged and will probably be a huge pain when the guys come to install the microwave. **sob**
3. Annabel is not getting the hang of going outside to go to the bathroom as quickly as we might like her to, and I blame the weather. Still, she is tiny and darling, so she's still a net positive. Here she is with a stolen Calico Critter that I rescued ad returned to Minnie's room right after I snapped these pics:
4. That Minnie cannot always be this adorable little squishy blob of a person. I am gong to need some grand kids in the next 10 years.
5. Duplex life for these ppl. AWKWARD.
BONUS: OUR OVEN IS BROKEN. You might remember we bought it almost exactly one year ago because
we shattered the cook top. Ironically, the old OVEN worked just fine **sob**
That's a lot of appliance and tech woe all at the same time, Sarah. Ugh--I'm sorry. It's a good thing that the cuteness + squishiness quotient of Minnie and Annabel more than makes up, but still...
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine living that close to a Trumper? I bet they move soon...
Ah well- these things definitely do suck! Although I agree, Annabel is so cute, I would let her poop and pee all over my house if necessary.
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely longing for grandchildren, although my kids are nowhere near old enough/ready.
And... I didn't get that bottom photo until I read Maya's comment. Ha ha... yikes.
Oh good lord that is a lot of shit going down. I remember having some kind of issue with my email, and the provider was like, okay, we have just sent you the authentication...but it was via email so I couldn't get it. I mean what the what. Ugh ugh UGH the microwave and the oven, come ON. But here's a dog bathroom story. Rex was having his checkup at the vet and - this has never happened before or since - in the waiting room he lifted his leg on their potted plant and peed. And Rex is 100 pounds and has an enormous bladder so even though I, um, stopped it and rushed him outside, there was still a giant puddle. I have no idea why he did that, was it a statement, who knows.
ReplyDeleteWe are so different! You are yearning for more small people and I’m thrilled that Taco is turning 4 and look forward to him turning 5 because these toddler and PK years are NOT FOR ME. But dang Taco is the moodiest kid. He woke up just absolutely screaming this morning because he didn’t have his Mario stuffie in bed. Good God it was loud and very hard to get him to calm down. But then he can be so sweet. It’s a real roller coaster over here.
ReplyDeleteI have been using a phone that has absolutely no memory left for MONTHS because I refuse to go to the phone store. I'm stressed out just thinking about a new phone.
ReplyDeleteIf my microwave and oven were broken, we would starve to death. STARVE. Godspeed.
I literally laughed out loud at "If my microwave and oven were broken, we would starve to death. STARVE. Godspeed." Best comment I've seen all day.
DeleteThis is too much stuff, Sarah. I feel horrible but we haven't had a single appliance break since we moved into our house over 7 years ago and I swear it's because they're ancient. The stove is old, the dishwasher for real looks like something from the 70's, the laundry machine is top loading and at least a decade old (but probably way more). They REALLY DON'T MAKE THINGS LIKE THEY USED TO!
ReplyDeleteEee-gad, this is the pits. I feel you on the phone issue big time. Somehow the credit place had Coach's name, my SS#, and my phone number or something. So I couldn't get approved to get a phone, even though I wasn't trying to buy a house. You'd think it was clever to buy the same microwave so it would fit. My appliances, if they're going to die, do so 5 days after the warranty is up on average. I'm dying at your need for a grandchild in 10 years. How fitting that Annabel chose to bond with a Calico Critter. Too cute.
ReplyDeleteProbably best to burn the house down and move. That may be my political feelings bleeding over, but still, apt. I'm sorry. The older I get, the more I like to go outside and yell, THEY DON'T MAKE THINGS LIKE THEY USED TO. Only because it's true, and I'm sorry.
ReplyDeleteGawd, so many appliances breaking at one time. That's not okay! Why do these things seem to happen all at once?!
ReplyDeleteOh no I feel you on the appliance issues and mail/support stuff. No fun.
ReplyDeleteLast week I spent 5 (?) hours with apple support and the issues is now with developers in Cupertino. Sigh...Time I won't get back...
Omg Sarah, this would finish me off. I had to spend a while on the phone with Telus to get a stupid thing cancelled, but it wasn't too bad.
ReplyDeleteLucy took quite a while to stop having accidents in the house, but then it was digital and she was just trained. And they're so small, the mess is tiny!
What's going on with the appliances in your house?
ReplyDeleteI think you need to do a cleansing or something for your kitchen appliances. Sage, maybe? I mean, really, universe? (Also, I live in fear - absolute fear - of losing my phone and/or having it die. So many Duo notifications! Seriously big source of my anxiety.)
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