I should have followed my Onion horoscope last week when it came out:
The confluence of many mystical signs and portents can only foretell that it’s time to give your brother a call.
I got an IM from him this evening that started out “any idea where I can get a gun at this hour?” Given that he’s not really the shooting spree type, this can’t be good.
He’s hit a bit of a rough patch over the past couple days. Saturday - car was rear ended. Minor damage, he’s a bit sore, but OK. Today, they’ve got a SOX audit going on at work, and his boss & the department head are out. Then this evening, the hot water valve went out under the sink in his bathroom. In his words:
[21:34] LittleBro: I was using the sink at the time and suddenly I just hear gushing water
[21:34] Me: that’s never good
[21:34] LittleBro: I open the the cabinet doors and water just shoots out soaking me like a goddamned cartoon
Fortunately, the water wasn’t hot enough to burn him, he just got good & soaked - and at least it happened while he was right there. Can you imagine coming home to a mess like that if it had been going on a few hours?
I had been thinking about sending him a link to
Nice little burst o’ energy this evening after the nap - cooked up some chicken & made chicken salad, made lunch for tomorrow, did some laundry, and got a TON of crap off the dining room table - it is the magnet for junk mail. (And how did I get on Frederick’s of Hollywood’s mailing list??? Seriously - who signed me up? Fess up!!)
Dog duty later this week & weekend - Mom’s getting to go to the beach! (Last year Hurricane Isabel got in the way of the trip.)
Little bro’s birthday is coming up in just a few weeks, have to figure out what to do for him - something non-disaster related would probably be best…
