Slave Labor

I got Meg to the new Indy Airport terminal yesterday afternoon. (My first time at the new one. Easy deal. Very well marked, etc. Round trip to-and-from came to a whopping 30 minutes.) The first leg of her trip was from here to Hebron, KY (Cincinnati) for a 40-minute layover, then on to San Francisco from there. Her plane from Indy took off 45 minutes late, which ate up virtually all of her layover time. She called me from there, out of breath, hot-footing-it to the gate. Fortunately, THAT flight was delayed, too--probably due to connecting flights that were delayed, blah, blah. In other words, she did NOT miss her flight to SF, but she was worried. (So was I!) I got on the Internet and used a flight-tracking website that I used years ago. Her flight to SF was also considerably delayed. She was over Utah when I decided to go to bed. Sometime before midnight, she called to say she was on the ground, and sometime before mightnight-thirty, she called to say that she had connected with her friend. All's well. **Here we go again! Check asterisks for paragraph breaks!** This morning, Mr. Clumsyhawk came over to help out with some things. (It is amazing how little jobs can add up!) For example, when the floor dudes put the dishwasher back in, they didn't screw it into the countertop...so, with the door open and loaded, the dishwasher wanted to tip forward. He took care of that. And when the floor dudes put the new vinyl under the back door threshhold, the door stuck terribly. He worked and worked on that. Finally had to take the door off and plane the bottom a bit. Now it opens and closes better than it ever has!! *I did put the china cabinet and most of the buffet back together this morning. Had Meg take a picture of the china cabinet before we took everything out because I was worried that I wouldn't get it all back together well. It worked! *The young fellow that usually mows my lawn has been "contracted" for Monday to do more slave labor--mostly in the back yard. I just can't do it all alone, and the back has been sorely neglected these last two years. It is a small yard, but I want the children to play back there instead of in the front...so I am looking at swing set/playscapes. But first, there are messes to take care of! I hope Blain can help make a dent. He's a good kid. Hope the weather cooperates. *While I was obsessing about getting things done before the children get home, friend Ryan reminded me that I am retired now and need not be in such a hurry. I don't think that even computes! In years past, I have had a summer to-do list that exceeded my time and energy. This year, I guess if it all just happens before the snow flies, I should be okay with it. We'll see! *And so it goes. I have to remind myself that Rome wasn't built in a day, and huge messes can't be cleaned up in that amount of time, either. I am STILL fighting the urge to find places for things when most of them simply need to be thrown out. Ever onward and upward!