I'm realizing I'm a bit lucky

[amalthia]

Here's the situation over New Years weekend our garbage disposal broke and stopped draining and well we were stuck having to use the other side of the sink and we could not use our dishwasher. So today on my husband's flexday he set about fixing the problem which in our household usually means throwing away the offending broken hardware and replacing it with either new hardware or something completely different. Well he replaced it with pipes (no new garbage disposal) really I'd rather spend 300 bucks on a new ebook reader or a new laptop. (I actually probably need a new laptop more)

So the long and short is our sink is still broken but I feel lucky that my husband went back to Lowe's 4 times today trying to get the right parts, he used Gorilla Glue and and all sorts of methods to get our sink working like a real sink again and though the pipe leaked after all our work getting them to fit, he did not give up. He said he'll try again tomorrow. Um me, I may be able to fix computers but I swear my brain turns off when I see pipes so I'm glad he's here and trying to fix the sink with duct tape, 3 dollar pipes, and gorilla glue.

Here's hoping we get it working tomorrow. :)

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[icarus]

Guess what? I fell asleep the other night. I finished cooking dinner and dad wanted me to watch the old fashioned Sherlock Holmes on Canadian public TV with him. Then I snoozed and woke up Sunday morning. I'm so sorry, I thought I'd get back online to chat with you after he'd gone to bed.

The last two days have been crazy with travel and friends.

I had to be at the airport at 6:30am for a 10am flight. I thought this was excessive but ooooh, no. I waited in line at the United Airlines counter for an hour -- and it wasn't that long a line. Then there was the line at customs where we learned that the US isn't allowing carry ons on the plane (you can bring your purse or a laptop with nothing else in the laptop case).

Then the usual take-off-your-shoes security (another line).

Then we stopped again and had to go through a full pat-down search. Seriously. They took everything out of my purse, and let me tell you, that takes time.

Total elapsed time from arrival to gate: three hours.

They had to hold the plane because only a third of the passengers made it through this process before it was time to go.

[amalthia]

First, it's okay if you fell asleep. :) I did my online stuff then watched tv the rest of the night...so I did keep my eye out but once you told me you were visiting family...I know how that can go so I didn't really expect you to get back online or at least anticipated that something beyond your control may have come up. :)

Now as for the airplane/flight stuff...OMFG, please tell me you're joking about the three hours???? that's horrible. :( And not being allowed carry ons...I bet the baggage handlers are happy about that one, next time I fly I'll bring sex toys, lots of them! and stand in line near the kids that should get awkward very quickly! I hope they get something settled because this does not seem like a tenable situation.

Soon people will have to fly naked to make sure, for sure that no one has anything on them at all!

Grrrr...I'm a bit worried because I planned to go to Escapade in February and I normally keep everything with me in the cabin, suitcase, laptop/purse, and then I'm able to meet everyone more quickly with all my stuff and no lost suitcases like the last few times I flew with checked baggage.

Nope. Not kidding.

[icarus]

I have this imagined fic set in the near future where John Sheppard has to be put in a shrink-wrapped plastic suit to get on a commercial airplane. It leaves nothing to the imagination.

There was no problem flying from the US to Canada, or from the US to the US. The only problem was in flying from Canada to the US. So I wouldn't worry about Escapade. But board the plane early before the luggage rack space runs out. That happened to me in Seattle and we had to check our bags at the last minute.

On the plus side, if they have to check your bag because they ran out of space, you don't get charged for it.

Re: Nope. Not kidding.

[amalthia]

big sigh of relief. But wow I don't even want to think about going on vacation to another country anytime soon.