HOLY SHIT. I'M HOME!

Posted on 2010.03.25 at 23:50
Current Location: 75409
Current Music: Pink Floyd - The Division Bell; Newman - Serenity

Dear FL,

I am alive and well and back in Texas. Thanks for all your well-wishes. I have damn near two full weeks of you guys to catch-up on; this weekend I look forward to doing just that!

Most Sincerely,

ehowton

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celtmanx at 2010-03-26 04:57 (UTC) (Link)

Welcome back to civilization!!!

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ehowton at 2010-03-26 18:30 (UTC) (Link)

Thank you sir - ain't no place like it!

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irulan_amy at 2010-03-26 05:06 (UTC) (Link)

I'm glad you are back home. To say that was one hell of a trip is an understatement... but I'll it anyway.

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ehowton at 2010-03-26 18:31 (UTC) (Link)

Thank you ma'am, that it was. Ugh.

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schpydurx at 2010-03-26 16:44 (UTC) (Link)

I hope that your return to the comfort of your own familiar home provides the needed balance of levity to the dirge you've recently been forced to dance to.

I can't wait to have your ascorbic wit pour onto my journal pages.

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ehowton at 2010-03-26 19:16 (UTC) (Link)

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

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kat_rowe at 2010-03-26 18:12 (UTC) (Link)

take some you-time, too, man. you've more than earned it and it'll be good for you *hugs you*

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ehowton at 2010-03-26 19:16 (UTC) (Link)

We left our cat for a 4-day trip and ended up staying 14? Thankfully our lovely neighbor came over to feed & water her and give her lovin's, but I need to clean the cat box, drain the hot water heater, and wash those new shirts of mine in cold water because I won't have time to take them to the cleaners this weekend.

But yeah, I'm hoping to lounge a little too.

*grin*

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kat_rowe at 2010-03-26 19:47 (UTC) (Link)

thank goodness for your neighbor *pets the kitty*

good luck fitting in some lounging *hugs you*

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mr_dowg at 2010-03-26 20:31 (UTC) (Link)

Glad you are all safely back home, can't even imagine what you and the rest of the family have been going through!

We NEED to figure out some time to play some LAN games!

Why do you have to drain the hot water heater???? We actually have to REPLACE our hot water heater since it decided to spring a leak....we thought it was something else, has been leaking for almost 4 months now :( Fun times!

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ehowton at 2010-03-26 22:06 (UTC) (Link)

Thanks duder. "NEED" in this context is wholly appropriate. *nod nod*

catttitude thinks (and she's probably right - I work on unix systems, wtf do I really know about any of this???) that we just need to run it for a little while - it has sat so long the hot water reeks of rotting eggs/sulfer.

HOWEVER, the house dude (builder?) recommended we drain it annually with a waterhose run out the front door.

We've been here three now.

And have never done it.

I'm just saying :P

And ICKY-POO on the replacement. Ugh. What a chore. Is that something you can do yourself? Cause if so - that's awesome. Once my toilet broke in the middle of the night in Saint Louis and I had pay some dude $500 to replace it. That's how much I suck.

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mr_dowg at 2010-03-27 23:10 (UTC) (Link)

Nope....can't replace it myself....but we did get a replacement one for free since it was under warranty and we have a friend whose dad can install it for us and is willing to do so for $200.00, a lot less than any of the actually companies we called wanted.

Sucks about the toilet thing....I definitely could have replaced that...been there done that! Not in the middle of the night though, lol.

We were told the same thing about draining out hot water heater once a year....guess we should have listened because we have never done it either and we have been here over 4 years now I think! Guess I will remember to drain the new one though. We just got lucky that we caught it before it just thoroughly gave out and flooded out garage!

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ehowton at 2010-03-28 02:42 (UTC) (Link)

Did you BTW play Unreal Tournament 2004 with us the last time you were here???

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