The next day we finally had the water guy out to fill our two tanks, which *I think* means we now have about 500 gallons at our disposal, which means getting to fill my cowboy tub and also nice hot showers.
However, after he left, we discovered the bigger tank had a leak around one of the nozzles, which then meant hours and hours of attempted repairs on our part, which unfortunately never really took. So we have a slow leak which means possible mold and of course loss of water. But by 6 pm we just had to leave it. Also, inexplicably, the plan to attach a hose at the bottom to use gravity for water pressure apparently doesn’t work - the H claims the water is coming out of the hose at barely a trickle. Which makes zero sense to me - I’m convinced he has a nozzle turned off somewhere, and I might just check that myself when I go out there with a friend in three weeks. But if this is true, it means having to get a water pump, which will need a power source. Sigh. Nothing can ever be simple.
It’s birthday season, and I’m determined to not let it sneak up on me like it did last year. I decided to lean into it in this final week, and today went and bought goody bag supplies and ordered a cake at Costco. It’s the first year I don’t really have a theme - last year I made it after their favorite VR game at the time, Gorilla Tag, but this year there really isn’t a stand-out idea, so I’m just doing generic things, like candy and the ubiquitous Takis for the goody bags and a basic chocolate cake. Also I’m trying not to order anything on Amazon, which severely limits my theme-related purchasing (I went to my local Party City store but it’s closing in weeks and the shelves were all but bare).
Nearly everyone Theo invited is coming, but Bobby’s friend attendance is a lot more vague; I don’t have any parental contact info for most of the kids, and several I did have can’t make it for whatever reason. I figure Theo will probably have about 10-12 friends there and Bobby will have 3-5. This will cost me about $1200. Help.
Theo just wanted some Percy Jackson books, so I got those. And Bobby of course wants a phone, which he’s not getting, so instead he’s getting an Apple Watch which I bought months ago and have been paying monthly fees for this whole time. It’s connected to my old phone, which I have in a drawer, and at some point next week I’m going to have to go to the TMobile store to get it all set up which I don’t have the slightest idea how to do. I’m not convinced it’s even going to work out, honestly. I jumped at the chance for a cheap early generation Apple Watch but with it having to be connected to a phone, to me it’s pretty much like just handing him a phone. I don’t know. I don’t have the slightest idea how to navigate all this shit. Apparently, nobody else does, either.
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