ATTILA
Attila is settling in and doing well. He went to the vet the other day and got a clean bill of health although it was a traumatic experience for him. He did not enjoy the car ride to the vet's (thankfully it is under a mile so I did not have to listen to his keening and moaning too long), then a big black dog charged him in the waiting room. He was, of course, in his carrier and quite safe but it really scared him (and kind of scared me, too!) and the vet had a hard time calming him down. The vet was fantastic, though, and in the end was able to check him out pretty thoroughly. He weighs just under 20 pounds.
Everyday he gets a little more comfortable with us but he doesn't show much interest in leaving the laundry room just yet. I think he's bored though and wants us to stay in the laundry room with him. We tried to bring him into the den with us last night but the instant he had the opportunity he darted back down to the laundry room.
SEWERS
It appears that our clay sewer pick which goes from the house to the city line at the street has collapsed in a couple places and the the only way to fix it is to trench the front yard, dig up the old line and replace it with a nice new plastic one. This whole procedure is going to start at $7,900 and will go up if they have to dig up the city sidewalk. Criminy! I probably am more interested in sewer systems than the next guy (I am the person who opted to visit the Paris sewer system over the impressionis art museum), but this is not what I want to spend $8,000 on. We have been advised not to run the washer or dishwasher until we get it fix. No problem with the dishwasher since we currently don't have a kitchen, much less a dishwasher, and it looks like we will be using the laundromat this week.
KITCHEN UPDATE
The hardwood flooring guys are ever-so-slowly installing the flooring and if they ever finish the installation, then they will sand and coat them, then cabinets will go in and things should move along quickly. This week should be a big week. The cabinets should go in, the appliances are being delivered, the counter guys will be out to measure, and we should be able to start moving some stuff back. Once the cabinets are out of the living room, we should be able to regain some semblance of normalcy.
I primed and painted the ceiling yesterday and primed and put on the first coat of color on the walls - it's a lovely color (a blue-ish gray) but I might have to go one shade lighter...we'll see...
SAD NEWS
A friend of mine from high school, Stacey Chase, died last night from Creutzfelt-Jakob Disease (CJD). It's a horrible, hopeless disease and the only good news is that from the time she first showed symptoms to the time she died was only about 2 months so at least she did not suffer long. CJD is a prion disease and is basically the human form of Mad Cow Disease. It is always fatal. Stacey was a lovely person and while I did not keep in touch with her over the years, we were quite good friends in high school and she was a fun, funny, optimistic, smart, and kind person. I feel very sorry for her husband, 11-year-old son, and family.
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