Today's blog is brought to you live, or as live as possible, from my shower. Don't worry, you can look: I'm wearing swim trunks. I'm not here to feel clean, I'm here to feel cool. No, not Fonzie cool, just "Not so freakin' hot" cool. Didn't you read? My air conditioner is broken!
Sorry, the heat makes me edgy.
So, I've moved the computer just outside the shower. I'm using a lufa string noose to suspend the monitor from the shower head, the keyboard is wedged into a caddy shelf, and the soapdish supports my mouse. I am having trouble with the ball finding traction in the soap scum. Maybe there's a back brush attachment. Somebody get me Belkin-they make everything...
What?
No! The computer's not in the shower! What do you think? I'm an idiot? It's on the other side of the curtain, sitting on the toilet seat. It's kind of like a voyeur Cylon watching me. Kinda spooky really. Web-cam eye roving back and forth. If the DVD drawer opens up with a big knife, I am so out of here. My computer has seen too many movies.
So this is my office today. The cell phone is on remote speaker, and I think this is about as "casual Friday" as I can get. I could get used to this. Hang on, I need to squeegee the monitor. Yeah, I keep a spare squeegee in the shower, why?
What? And you don't?
Then nevermind.
Don't worry about me. I'll do fine, it's just the last throws of summer. Next year, I'll get it fixed before the heat comes knockin'. I'm pretty sure the heater works though. I'm not going to test it just yet.
I do have a plan B—for today anyway. If I get too waterlogged I still have some shopping to do, and well….the AC in my car still works. I can do lots of community driving. And what proper shopping emporium doesn't offer refrigeration to keep their customers cool? Hell, that's like free drinks in a casino.
"What? Walmart's got free AC? Why didn't you say so! Let's go. Kids, grab your swim fins!"
Hey that's right, and now Walmart has grocery items. Hmmm…Why I bet I could skewer some shrimp and start up a grill. Do they sell beer or wine? No? Well I could survive on Kool-Aid if I had to.
It's all about adapting. I've had to do a lot of it lately. I'm Lutheran, we don't like change. We're pretty much heels-dug-in-the-dirt kinda folk. Now in the last few months I've gone through a water heater, a air conditioner, and fiery wife. God's trying to tell me something. I just hope that he'll wait until after my shower, or maybe thefall...
Oh crap! I dropped the—-
Tzzt!
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