Yesterday was hectic, as granddaughter and I drove all over town gathering material for the two projects she wanted to make for her brother’s high school graduation – a face fan and money lei.
Once we’d gotten his photo expanded and printed, picked up ribbon for the lei, cardstock, dowels for the face fan, it was “What kind of glue do we use?”
Aware that all glues are not created equal, we didn’t want a glue that would cause the photo to buckle once attached to cardstock, so we chose mod podge and decided to set up in the Community Room to test it out -- the Community Room because my unit was not a comfortable place to work, what with the A/C being on the fritz.
It became apparent right away, we’d opted for the wrong glue as buckling did occur. In my craft kit, I located two little bottles of tacky glue. We tried it, it worked but, inasmuch as the tubes were small, we quickly ran out of product and headed to Walmart.
Not a tacky glue in sight … sold out. Evidently, everyone is working on graduation crafts.
It then being late afternoon, we decided to start fresh this morning and my focus for the remainder of yesterday was towards getting the ball rolling on A/C repair.
After several calls to the office, and getting nothing but a long time ringing, followed by a busy signal, I put the request off until this morning.
First was that early morning trip to Joann, then Starbucks where, while in the drive-thru line, I once again called the office.
Same thing … long time ringing, followed by busy signal.
Has Nurse Ratched blocked my number?, thought I.
No matter, I’ll send her an email once back in the unit.
Arriving back at the complex, posted on the door was a Notice to Enter Dwelling TODAY for bi-annual inspection.
Second lucky thing to have happened to me because, during the inspection period is when things left undone for months get done. I’m not exactly sure why this bi-annual inspection is so important, but odds were good Nurse Ratched wouldn’t be able to wait 71 days -- as she did with termite control, to get the A/C taken care of.
Inasmuch as I still couldn’t get through to the office via telephone, I sent that email. Shortly after, a maintenance guy appeared to do his bi-annual inspection. Not our cute young maintenance supervisor, but his new partner -- slightly older, equally good looking.
“You got word air is out?”
“No … what … your A/C isn’t working? When did you call?”
“I couldn’t get through calling, so I emailed this morning?”
“Well she told us to not work on things that haven’t gone through the office, but I’ll mark it down as not working and get someone in here today.”
Later, while working with granddaughter in the Community Room on those projects, I saw a truck marked “air condition” parking in the lot. After the driver checked into the office, I saw the driver go through the gate, surmised he was heading for my unit, and went to let him in, keep an eye on him.
“No need”, says he, as I arrived at my door. “Go back to what you were doing because they gave me the key.”
WHAT?!
I’m pretty sure repair people are supposed to be escorted, let in and observed until the job is completed if the resident is not at home.
I wasn’t happy with his being given the key to my unit but, inasmuch as he seemed a decent sort, I let him have at it … alone, and went back to the projects.
Granddaughter and I had an assembly line going. The face fans were fun, a breeze to make, and I cracked myself up taking funny photos with grandson’s fan.
Money lei … not so much by way of fun or breeze to make.
The internet tutorial indicated it to be a one-hour project.
Granddaughter started folding cash last night, I started folding decorative paper last night and spent time folding this morning. Granddaughter and I then worked on, put everything together and finished the lei around 5:00 this afternoon. That one-hour project took us about 8 hours each.
Happy with the results we are, but both finished exhausted and vowing we’d never make another money lei. Next time we’ll purchase off the Etsy site.
Returning to my unit, I was hit with nice cool air. Wasn’t a big job, just needed something called freon.
Checking email, I find no reply from Nurse Ratched, but I can tell she’s angry because, when she passed by the Community Room and saw me, she gave me one of her hard “why don’t you just die” looks.
ROFLMAO!
All in all, today has been fun, productive, exhausting. I’m so tired that I can’t think straight but, at the same time, I’m hyper and can’t sit still.
I’m thinking there was sugar in that tea … lots and lots and lots of sugar.
Your projects sound wonderful. And how nice to get to work with your granddaughter on crafting. Glad you are again living in cool air. I know how miserable the heat can be. As for the tea, yes, if you didn't order it specifically, they put LOTS of sugar in it. The clerk always seems surprised when I say, "no sweetner," for those kinds of drinks.
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