Oh For the Love of Pete

I don’t know who Pete is.  But seriously I am a disgrace.   A certain fellow blogger has taken me to task on how lazy I have been so here I am.   I just have not had much to say but as that does not seem to stop other bloggers or politicians, why should it stop me?

The baseball season is winding down.  Yankee Stadium has had its farewell, although being the Yankees they have a bigger do scheduled for November.  They picked November one would presume because they anticipated playing til the end of October.  But MLB has an edict about baseball events coinciding with the post season and discourage anything that detracts attention from the playoffs and world series.  So either reason would apply in April, but only the latter is applicable today.  And it makes my Met-loving, Yankee-loathing heart rejoice.  Not that the Mets are determined to make me happy.  No, they are dragging things out.  The bullpen implodes regularly, my colon spasms along with them and I wonder if there is a collective fear of success among the ranks.  Still our stadium closes with much fanfare next week.  Hopefully it is a false closing and there will be games in October but we shall have to wait and see. 

And of course, we have been treated to some fun with John and Barack for the past 200 years.  I am astonished that the GOP has insisted on modifying the debate rules for the Biden-Palin debate because their candidate would be at a disadvantage not being used to debating.  Now I ask you, if you can’t trust her to not fall apart and look like a ninny in a debate with one opponent, how will she fare in office should she get that far?   What would happen if the greatest fear of a potential McCain administration – him dropping dead or becoming incapacitated — comes to pass?   She can’t debate with one man but is supposedly ready — today — to take over and run the whole country?  And this logic makes sense to whom?   For the record, I am not registered with any party but if I were a Republican I would be embarrassed beyond belief.   There is an ancient Chinese curse “May you live in interesting times.”   Seems like someone in China has uttered this in our general direction.

In my life, nothing much is happening.  Things are good with the BF.  He is coming to Thanksgiving for the first time.   The nephew is resigned to his fate that his parents are not taking him out of school and letting him play all day.  He is a bright kid — just thinks sitting still and doing homework are absurd activities.  He is probably right.  Mom is in Italy and I am vacationing in her house on weekends.  I had a plumbing mishap last week.

Maybe one of my three readers can help with that.   The upstairs toilet overflowed quite mysteriously as there was not enough to block anything.  And then the bathroom floor flooded.  I got it all cleaned up only to discover that it leaked into a kitchen cabinet over the stove and onto the stove.  The water valve on the upstairs toilet was turned off by then and the leak had stopped.  I called to consult with my sister and she came over.  She recalled that mom had a similar situation last year.  It seems that there is a spot in the seam where the bathroom floor meets the bathroom wall which is not properly sealed and water can pass through there.   But the question I have is this.  When we turned on the water valve and flushed to refill the toilet bowl the water only rose to slightly above the “poop path” and not halfway up the bowl as usual.  The tank however, is at its normal level.  Any ideas?  I don’t have the money for a plumber so have been using the downstairs bathroom.  There have been no further incidents.  Does anyone have any ideas on how I could fix this myself?

My diet is not going well.  I need to lose 12 pounds before I see my doctor at the end of October. 

The job search is even worse.

But overall I feel fine and life could be worse. 

First day of fall.  My favorite season!  Hope you all enjoy the cooler weather!  Will post again.  Hopefully sooner rather than later!