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[kittydesade]

Cuir iad seo san aimsir chaite. (Change these to the past tense.)

1. Is garda é. Ba gharda é.
2. Is Éireannach í. B'Éireannach í.
3. Is dochtúir é a athair. Ba dhochtúir é a athair.
4. Is feirmeoir mór é a uncail. B'fheirmeoir mór a uncail.
5. Is bean an-deas ar fad í. Ba bhean an-deas ar fad í.


I can't even with this washer problem anymore, you guys. It's anything from a couple hundred dollar fix to a few thousand dollar fix and I can't even. I am going to go pull the covers over my head and go back to sleep for the next year.

(No, I'm not. I'm going to eat breakfast and exercise like a good girl and go to work and blah blah blah. But I really want to.)

And I'm really tired of not being able to get ahead. There's always something. We were looking good for about three or four days there till this washer problem came up. And now we're either back where we started or even deeper in the hole? I don't know. Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll be a couple hundred dollar fix. But when does that ever happen. (Although the boy did just remember that we actually have homeowner's insurance, which might cover the biggest pain in the ass right now. That would be nice!)

(For that matter, why the hell couldn't Kiva advertise for paid translation positions, why is it all volunteer. Fuck you, I work for those translations, pay me. Well, except for the Spanish ones. But the French and Russian ones I'd work for. So fuck you, pay me.)

I suppose it could be worse. The problem is pretty much confined to the washing machine, so it's not like we can't laundromat for a bit. The house itself is fine, no leaks, no mess. Well, the house is a mess, but it's an ordinary spend a day picking it up mess and I've got a three day weekend coming. Neither of us is coming down with a horrible health thing. I didn't get hit by the trolley that slammed into the building across the street from the store. (Yes, that happened yesterday.) The car's running fine, the cats are healthy, we have all our stuff, everything else is going all right. It's just that right now we're in the first OH GOD WHYYYYYY stage of this problem. And in the same boat as most of the rest of the country, which is we're about staying ahead but minor to medium sized catastrophes knock us on our ass for months if not years to come. Woo.

I don't have happier stuff for you guys. Sorry. I have new dragon eggs. That's happy, right? Yay pixel pets, free entertainment!

And I do have the ability to go and get new plants from Home Despot, I should add. Because that still indicates a certain level of discretionary income. So, note to self to write down when I get to work because I can't find my notepads here: Basil, yellow peppers. Stupid cats. Stupid basil not growing as tall as I feel it should.

Comments

[kikibug13]

*narrows eyes at your washing machine* Several thousand dollars? I'm. Uh. Whenever you're feeling ranty, as opposed to 'pull covers over my head,' feel free to rant at me. Because holy cow.

Also new dragon eggs are pretty!

[kittydesade]

That's what the boy thinks. The abbreviated version is that in order to run a new drain, a good swath of the front would have to be dug up, not just lawn but also brick walkway and patio, and then put back together again, and several thousand dollars.

HOWEVER. While this was being discussed we also came up with the idea that if we could come up with some sort of rough filtration system (since all it would be filtering is laundry soap) we could just drain it into a barrel that sits on the patio and regularly empty it out and use it to water plants.

SCIENCE!

[kikibug13]

... oh, so it's not the washing machine, it's the draining. EWWW yeah, pipes and drainage are the worst.

THOUGH if that can be done, with the filtering? That would be really, really good. It'll probably be cheaper, and it'll be reusing resources!

[kittydesade]

Yep. No, we managed to fix the washer I think. It might still be the washing machine somehow? But if that's the case it's still under warranty, even, so that wouldn't be bad either. We'll see what the plumber says.

But YES. I would love it if that could be the solution.

[kikibug13]

Ahaaaa hmmm. Yes, plumber. *crosses fingers* I hope plumber is good and can help out! That would be 100% useful.

[infiniteviking]

*huuuuuuugs*

[kittydesade]

*HUGS*

[lonelywalker]

Come to Israel! You can merrily translate at the next desk over and function as an interpreter for Russian Boy and French Girl. Don't think we have much call for Irish Gaelic though.

[kittydesade]

You have no idea how jealous I am of where you work. That would be awesome.

[lonelywalker]

I mean, we're all complete nutcases, but it is an interesting environment. I hope you manage to find something like it a little closer to home!

[kittydesade]

With luck! This is a pretty interesting, diverse down, it's entirely possible there's something here.