Screw Up Tuesday

Has raised its head again - quite providentially in time for us here in Paradise.


Mistress B at Dances to the Beet of Her Own Drum hosts a weekly round up of such - and until last night, I would have scoffed at my need to include myself in it.

And then, last night happened.

Last night really began yesterday morning, with the usual banter countdown to bus time that takes place between mother and daughter some mornings.

As I was screeching advising 'Salina of the finer points of a tidy room, a lead from a pacer made its point - right in my foot.

'Salina then made the inadvised move of asking me to fill out a form before making sure I wasn't dying of lead poisoning.

Yesterday afternoon, 'Salina finished her chores and asked Girl-Down-the-Road for a play. Play they did, but she was not a stepfather-friendly version at the conclusion of the playdate. After overlooking a myriad of implements they had strewn around the backyard and failing to advise on the breakage of backyard furnishings, there was somewhat of a strained atmosphere in Chez Paradise during the evening.

An addendum to this situation was discovered today - apparently she and GDR discovered the cache of bonbonierie hidden in the fridge downstairs - and helped themselves.

Last night (after the long evening), I was putting away the washing up making coffee when the front of the cutlery drawer came out - but the rest of the drawer didn't. It now matches the cupboard door that doesn't exist - I am touching wood (but walking on chipboard flakes) that the timeline on dream kitchen renovations isn't farther afield than the timeline on a completely matching rustic kitchen!

Today, the fan in our bedroom died, and so joins the microwave and the electric keyboard on implement demises over the last week - we are hoping to heck that the rule of three applies.

However - on the list of things that I hope will not be affected by our current run of outs

• there is a trivia night tonight in the chatroom on a forum that I love;
• I have an interview tomorrow for a part-time job that would dovetail nicely into the work I currently am doing;
• My sister gets to eat her birthday dinner here;
• I am tuck-shop bitch boss for Thursday and Friday;
• 'Salina is having a break-up training session for Softball on Thursday - at the swimming pool; and
• the weather is absolutely divine

So, how is life treating you?