It's the Last Day of School!
Today is the last day of school for my first grader. I am excited about this because it means no more fighting in the morning trying to get everyone ready and out the door. We can relax, take our time with breakfast, have time to play. You would think that from the time they wake up at 6:15 or so until we have to walk out the door at 8:15 would be enough time, but it never is. I am always on them with "Let's go, let's go," like some kind of drill sargeant. I am so tired and cranky these days, one less stressor is a good thing. Hopefully the boys will get along well enough. I have warned them that if they fight all summer, they will spend all summer sitting on the couch with their hands folded in their laps. That is what my mother used to do to my brothers and me.
Today I have more party readiness chores to accomplish, and laundry to do. There is always laundry to do. I also have to pick up my son from school today, because I have to pick up his allergy medicines from the nurse. I think last year, I was able to get them the day after school let out, but this year they want them picked up by 4:00 on the last day of school. That ought to be fun. The school parking lot is guaranteed to be a mess! They don't have enough parking as it is, I am sure that today will be especially bad.
We also have a contractor coming today to give us a quote on replacing our AC unit. It hasn't functioned properly for a few years. We have had it serviced a couple of times, found out it is leaking Freon and just dealt with it not really working because it would be so expensive to find the leak and fix it. This year we decided to bite the bullet and get it fixed. Turns out the smarter move is to replace the 17 year old unit entirely. So we have gotten two quotes, are getting another tonight and one tomorrow. Hopefully within a few weeks we will be chillin'. It is a good thing late spring has been a rather cool one. One of the contractors told us to check out angieslist.com for information on everyone who is bidding on the project. Sounds like a pretty cool website. You can look up contractors/service providers to find out if anyone has had good or bad experiences there. You have to be a member which comes with a membership fee, but if the membership fee is cheap enough it might be worth it. Apparently, there are coupons for some of the places on the list. The contractor that told us about the list has a $100 coupon on it. Haven't been there yet, but plan on going to check it out.
Must be off to accomplish some chores. Think the dryer is done its load so I need to get the next one going.
Today I have more party readiness chores to accomplish, and laundry to do. There is always laundry to do. I also have to pick up my son from school today, because I have to pick up his allergy medicines from the nurse. I think last year, I was able to get them the day after school let out, but this year they want them picked up by 4:00 on the last day of school. That ought to be fun. The school parking lot is guaranteed to be a mess! They don't have enough parking as it is, I am sure that today will be especially bad.
We also have a contractor coming today to give us a quote on replacing our AC unit. It hasn't functioned properly for a few years. We have had it serviced a couple of times, found out it is leaking Freon and just dealt with it not really working because it would be so expensive to find the leak and fix it. This year we decided to bite the bullet and get it fixed. Turns out the smarter move is to replace the 17 year old unit entirely. So we have gotten two quotes, are getting another tonight and one tomorrow. Hopefully within a few weeks we will be chillin'. It is a good thing late spring has been a rather cool one. One of the contractors told us to check out angieslist.com for information on everyone who is bidding on the project. Sounds like a pretty cool website. You can look up contractors/service providers to find out if anyone has had good or bad experiences there. You have to be a member which comes with a membership fee, but if the membership fee is cheap enough it might be worth it. Apparently, there are coupons for some of the places on the list. The contractor that told us about the list has a $100 coupon on it. Haven't been there yet, but plan on going to check it out.
Must be off to accomplish some chores. Think the dryer is done its load so I need to get the next one going.
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