the end of november

 The big sister kept covering up the little sister more and more, telling me the tiny baby was cold.  The tiny baby didn't care. She finds her sister amusing.  She's also little and slouches quite a bit, so I tucked doll pillows  behind her back and on the sides.  She was cool with all this.

This plumber was just really tired out, plus Dinosaur Train is sooo boring.



And then an emergency call came in and he had to get up and act like he cares. He had to buy a whole roll of one inch copper, even though he actually needed less than 18 inches.  The response involved hanging upside down in a hole dug in the dirt to repair a water line that was accidentally pierced.

This is an ugly job, soldering pipes upside down in a six foot deep hole when it's cold out.

No wonder he gets tired.  And crabby. He gets so darn crabby.  But I am super crabby plenty of the time and have to attend to no problems involving dirt or upside down-ness or pipes or any of that.

I just get to type up the bills, and apply the pain-in-the-ass premium.

Not really.

We joke about that a lot, but our customers have not found it funny at all.

They find it alarming.

"Shit got on your cell phone??  And that's a biohazard surcharge of $2300??"

Calm down. It was a joke.

That rash on his face will heal.  Everything is fine.

 Apparently broccoli and carrots are delicious with peanut butter.

 And this! We ran across this and Maria and I sent it to Julia on Saturday, "Look what we can do with your HAIR!"  Julia was less impressed, but I totally think it would be possible.

And that is that.

In half an hour it'll be Wednesday.  I have to pay the orthodontist tomorrow at Julia's appointment, and dang, her teeth are looking good.  Plus we have only six more payments left, and that's going fast.

I really like Invisalign very much.

Plus Julia's hair!  I want to make a snowman out of it!

Okay, good night.

Love, Val