New Years Eve

Yes, it's New Years Eve and I'm blogging. Obviously, Eric and I have no lives outside the home.

Anywhoo. We haven't done much in the past few days. Eric has worked half days this week. Nathan and I have hung out around the house. It's been hard to pry the kid away from the computer, actually. Yesterday we forced him out to play catch. He liked it so much that he actually volunteered to go out today for more catch. (Now, if I can just keep this up for the next 2 months while Eric's gone...)

The only drawback has been the workmen. We have a large crew of workman who are digging up and replacing some electrical lines behind our houses. Unfortunately, apparently the workmen do not have accurate maps. Yesterday, they managed to hit an underground transformer. We were without power for two hours. Today, they hit the cable line - and since we have cable phone, Internet and cable, we all twiddled our thumbs outside, looking at eat other. The worst part, however, is when they hit the sewer line...

Apparently we have 2 sewer lines. All 3 bathrooms are on 1 line, and the kitchen, plus hvac systems are on the 2nd line. I noticed water on the floor in the utility closet in the downstairs hallway, which houses the hot water tank and the havc system. We called in a work order. Guy came out, said it wasn't the hot water tank like we thought, and said the drain was clogged. He blew air through it, said it was cleaned out, and went on his merry way.

Three hours later, we noticed water all over the floor in the hallway. Apparently the blockage was connected to the kitchen sink, so when Eric was starting to cook, the line backed up. Had to call in another work order. Different guy came out. Poor guy spent about 2 hours with us. Had another worker come out as well. Our theory is that the workmen in the backyard did something to the sewer line. After the repair guys snaked and blew air, and sucked air in the line, it still wasn't working. Eric made some suggestion to block off both drains in the sinks while the guys blew air in the system. Low and behold, it seemed to work. Eric is now taking credit for fixing the whole problem. Wonderful. He'll be ready for his journeyman's license before you know it. I've suggested that we go back to Tybee Island for the rest of the week until the workmen are done in the back yard. We'll come back after they've screwed everything up and repaired it all.

So it's 9:49 on New Year's Eve. Eric is already taking a nap. I'm sure he'll be up in about 2 hours. Nathan is alternating between the computer and the Sponge bob Squarepants Movie. He just ate some mint chocolate chip ice cream with sprinkles while I blogged. Man, we are such jet-setters, aren't we?

Happy New Year!!!