1. We have a water filtration system in the house. A small one that covers two taps and the ice maker. Due to the aforementioned water contamination, the filtered reservoir had to be emptied and disinfected. But when I unscrewed the valve at the top of the tank, it broke, making a bit of a mess. Got that taken care of, drained the tank, cleaned it, called the company. A rather unhelpful woman eventually told me I could buy a new one at the local hardware store.
At first, the guy told me that they didn't have one the right size. But then another guy suggested an adapter. Get the right size valve for the tubing, then get an adapter to connect it to the tank. Fine. But he pointed out that it had to be a tight seal. Suggested I put some teflon tape on the threads to help with that. When I did so, even with a single thin layer, the fit became really tight. Had to get two wrenches and use all my strength to get them to fit together. Fine. Went to put it on the tank, and again... tight fit. Got it on, though. About halfway, anyway. That's when the threaded plastic at the top of the tank snapped off. So now we've got to replace the whole thing, and everything I did was wasted. Yay.
2. Rested up from that, took the dog to the park. He's really well behaved under just about any circumstances, but when he sees another dog, he just goes out of his head. Has go to run over and meet it. Barks his head off along the way. Pulls hard enough to cause my joints to become really unhappy with me. And then once he gets to the other dog, he usually settles down, sniffs it a few times, and then goes up to the owner to demand some love.
We were walking along and someone walked by behind us on an intersecting path. His dog saw mine and started barking. Mine started to go nuts. The retractable leash locked up. And that's precisely when my cell phone started ringing.
It was a friend I've been trying to get in touch with for a while now. Been hoping to find some to get together, hang out, maybe even have a serious discussion. But she was away on vacation. And then swamped with backlog when she got back. And now she called with barely any time to tell me that she's covering for a sick colleague and won't have a minute to spare until at least June.
3. Just watched this week's ep of Caprica. Man, that was seriously messed up. I've been enjoying the show, but I'm not sure I can keep watching if they're going to be that twisted. And here I was saying it lacked the intensity of BSG. Frak.
4. I get together on Skype with some old college friends Saturday nights. Missed last week because people were busy (and, as it turns out, we lost our internet that day). Today, everyone else is available, but my sleep schedule hasn't moved around enough. Bedtime will be... about one hour before game time.
... So much for a bright, sunny, warm Saturday.
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