Road Failure

Little Kat and I drove to the bakery to get Momoko's birthday cake. We had them draw a picture of the Angry Birds game on top of the cake.

On the way home, we saw that police had shut down the road home. There was a bunch of traffic jammed up in front of us. After a few minutes, we got the chance to turn around.

I thought we could just take an alternate route home. We were driving down a two lane road following a fire truck. The truck stops in front of us. Little Kat said the doors were opening.

It took a while for me to realize he was talking about the fire truck. The firemen left their truck stopped on the street in front of us and entered a house. We had a small bit of luck. The traffic going the other way was heavy. One guy did not take off fast enough, so I again did a U-turn.

We just want to get home and show Momoko her cake. Sheesh.

Mold Invasion

Momoko and I had a growing mold problem on the ceiling of our bathroom. It was disturbing. You got to take care of the problem. Otherwise mold spreads like crazy.

I got all white clothes on. Then I applied bleach to the ceiling. It took care of the mold. However it was not easy. The bleach kept falling down on me. Hopefully my hair does not get bleached white.

Kit Kat took care of the kids bathroom last summer. They had a smaller mold problem on the ceiling. But like I always say, you got to attack mold problems early. Otherwise you will have bigger problems later.

Dentist Duty

I took the day off from work to drive Momoko to and from the dentist. She was getting her wisdom teeth removed. We got there on time. It was supposed to take an hour for the procedure. I knew we were in trouble when we waited more than an hour just to be seen.

I came prepared. I brought my textbook to read. After I read a few long chapters, I figured we were never going to get out of there. That was a problem because we had to pick up Little Kat from school. I had to call in reinforcement. My mom went to pick Little Kat up from school.

Momoko was in pain. So I ran out to get her prescriptions filled. Then I got Little Kat from my mom's. We got home in time for Little Kat to cook us up some spaghetti. After dinner, the family worked hard to wake Momoko up from her nap. Then we watched the excellent movie Secretariat.

Running Late

Momoko and Little Kat were late coming home from work yesterday. They were supposed to pick up a few groceries so Kit Kat could make baked potato soup. They were too tired to go the grocery store. That meant dinner was in trouble.

In these situations, Momoko usually wants to go out to eat. For me that requires a lot of energy. I am the one who usually has to drive. However we were out of options. We hit out favorite Mexican place. Their chili con queso was especially good last night.

There is talk of a storm coming our way this weekend. So we put gas in Momoko's car, dropped by the bank to get some cash, and stocked up on groceries. Finally we got home. We were all still tired. Momoko and I both went to bed early. That is rare for a Friday night.

Car Trouble

Momoko and Little Kat were late coming home from school yesterday. I played some computer games. Kit Kat was reading on her new Kindle. There was a furious knock at the door. That seemed strange. It was our neighbor from across the street. Her car would not start.

I told her I had some jumper cables. So I drove my car up her driveway. There was a problem. Her car was parked front side in her garage. I pulled my car up as close behind her car as possible. My extra long jumper cables reached. However the jump did not work. Her problem must not have been a bad battery.

This was troubling to my neighbor since she just brought the car in to the dealer for a lot of work. She said she spent over $1000 on the maintenance. I advised her to call the dealer and have them tow the car back to the dealership and fix the darn thing. She already paid her money. She did say that her car was an old one. But come on. It is a Volvo.

The Big Melt

The weathermen were calling for an ice storm that would leave everything covered in ice. Momoko talked me into bring home my work just in cast. It was a false call. The weather was just too warm. All we got is rain.

By the afternoon, temperatures were in the 50 degrees F range. Snow is starting to melt away. Rain gutters are flowing from water off the roof. Now there is still snow around. But it is starting to melt.

They are calling for another storm later this week. Personally I would prefer to see spring weather than another snow storm. I am tired of shoveling snow.

Ice Comes In

The weathermen are calling for a lot of ice on the streets tomorrow. So Momoko made me take home my work to potentially work from home tomorrow. Everything depends on the temperature when the precipitation comes. I hope it just turns out to be rain.

Today everybody in the office stayed home from work due to fear from snow. Personally it sounded more like people wanting to goof off at home. I don't have that luxury. There is a lot to do at work. It is hard to leave at the end of each day because there is so much to do. Luckily I love leaving work. So I find a way each day.