The Year of Breaking Things

It's only October and I'm already waiting happily for 2010, not because this year's been so horrible, but because it's been so up-in-the-air. I've decided 2009 is the Year of Breaking Things.

My brain broke in February (well, it'd been broken for years, we just figured it out then). It's repairing itself fairly well. I still have ups and downs but they're not nearly as ^UP and _DOWN as they used to be.

My uterus broke in April, and I discover I didn't write about it here! I've been so distracted. I nearly bled to death in April, from a regular old period. I ended up in the hospital for two days for a near-emergency ablation and two units of blood. Who knew you could bleed to death THAT way!

Our kitchen ceiling broke in August. The upstairs toilet plugged and ran at the same time, and there was nowhere for the water to go but out. The upstairs bath flooded for about 30-45 minutes. We discovered it when water came pouring out of the walls in the pantry hallway and basement staircase--it had come through the bathroom's pocket door into, rather than down, the walls. And we saw a little bit of water coming out of a light fixture. Long story short, the next morning we woke to a crash and discovered the kitchen ceiling on the kitchen floor.

So now we're remodeling the kitchen, earlier than we'd intended. We're walking on the floor boards first nailed down in 1889, which is kind of cool, except they need sanded. We hope to be done by mid-November, at which time I'll have a new little deck with French doors leading onto it from the kitchen, a new fridge, a dishwasher, new lower cabinets, and new cabinets and shelves along the opposite wall from the sink. Not having a dishwasher was fine when it was just John and me, and Josie was little. But now we all four are at home 24/7 and Josie and Lou have big girl appetites, and the dishes pile up so fast I could wash all day and the counter would never be clear.

Last week, our TV room sofa broke, and can't be fixed. So we bought a new couch last night, to be delivered Sunday along with a new chair for me--that broke ages ago.

And Wednesday, the garage door opener broke.

Sheesh! I'm done with broken. Here's hoping 2010 stays more or less whole.