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I got nothing, zip, nada, zilch done this week.
It’s been one of those weeks. Y’all may remember our upstairs A/C unit blew up — which isn’t much of an exaggeration as the repair guy said we were lucky it didn’t result in a house fire — a few weeks ago, well, this week the downstairs A/C unit decided it was its turn. The ol’ wallet took one look at that repair guy and ran screaming from the room, leaving a trail of coins (just like a scared mouse leaves a trail of poop when it runs, LOL). We simply followed the trail of coins it left.
That was followed by replacing a fan, the kitchen facet, and a few other small repairs. By the time our storage freezer said it saw the light yesterday, the ol’ wallet was huddled in a corner petting itself and muttering, “Precious, my precious.”
Perhaps it is due to having one son heading to 8th grade in a few weeks — our eyes turning toward high school and beyond, and the activities which help that academic resume — but we’ve been watching a lot of Olympic coverage, more so than I can remember in recent years. Water Polo has struck a cord in #2. We’ll be looking into the local team this coming week. One kid down, three to go. Hey, with four…can we say, scholarship?
I’ll leave you with some linkage…
Misha Gericke talked about the motto faster, higher, and stronger.
Meredith Jaeger had a fabulous post on what the Olympics have taught her about writing.
See the Olympic reference wasn’t completely out of the blue 😉
Yay, there’s a reason I don’t work well under self-imposed deadlines. However, for those deadlines we can’t avoid, August McLaughlin has some great tips for sharpening creativity under pressure.
Contest time: Joely Sue Burkhart is running a Read an Ebook Giveaway for the month of August to support her latest release, The Bloodgate Warrior
Raelyn Barclay 
Oh, boy. I think you and I were definitely sharing a horoscope. I haven’t bled this much money on repairs in years. ACs are expensive too. I’m glad you got it fixed. Fires are nothing to take lightly.
Ref: water polo
That was the one sport I didn’t get. I loved the women’s volleyball (phenomenal game against Brazil) and our gymnastics team is awesome. My kid brother runs a gymnastics studio. He says the Olympics brings scads of new students every time.
Here’s hoping all of those boys bring home scholarships. College ain’t cheap.
Yeah, it’s been a week, LOL.
I didn’t get water polo until one of the announcers compared it to hockey, which I don’t get all that much either but at least I had a point of reference 🙂 So maybe That Man will stop trying to convince me to let the boys play hockey, LOL. I’ve been loving the beach volleyball and swimming, and gymnastics always holds a soft spot in my heart.
Thanks for stopping by Maria.
I have to admit, there must be a mad dash of wallets everywhere. No repairs, however, summer trip costs, returning-to-school-costs and birthday costs are clamoring after my wallet. Although your situation-after-situation may have had your wallet crying rivers, for which I’m so sorry to hear about.
I wonder if there are scholarships for karate? Chipmunk likes kicking and pretending to be a Power Ranger. I’ll have to look into the costs of getting into it. I could really use a paid-in-advance-future-plan for her 🙂
All the wee beasties love taekwondo but I have no idea if there’d be a scholarship. Oh, the wallet is crying rivers over the back to school stuff too…times FOUR, but at least that was an expected and budgeted expense, LOL.
Thanks for stopping by Angela.
Sorry you’ve had some challenges lately, Raelyn. Unwanted expenses are no fun. Blech. I hope things are on the upswing now, and that the time away from creative work just makes your next work that much brighter.
Thanks so much for the shout out. 🙂
One can only hope August, LOL. You’re welcome 🙂
Thanks for stopping by.
This looks like my update from last week! I didn’t even post my goals or progress or anything. It felt like those Olympic commercials with “the agony of defeat”–where the only reasonable response is to get back up and start over. Here’s hoping money falls from the sky for y’all and that you have a good writing week…starting now. Best wishes, Raelyn!
LOL, so true Julie! And money falling from the sky…yeah, I’d love to live there 🙂
Thanks for stopping by.
Darn appliances. They always seem to break in threes!
Thanks so much for the kind words you left on my blog about my mom. Much appreciated. xo
Threes…yes, then we should be set 🙂
Aw, {hugs} Liz. Thanks for stopping by.