A Waiting Weekend

It looks like the dishwasher may be fixed. But it's appeared that way before. :) My time window for the repairman was from 8 ~ 5 yesterday. He got here at 6:45 p.m. and left sometime after 9 this morning. Just joshin, 9 p.m. The guy was so frustrated, poor thing. It was the first repair guy they'd sent out last month, so he's been frustrated by my dishwasher before. He took everything apart, couldn't find anything not working, then installed all the new parts. For some reason, it worked. He kept saying he'd never seen anything like it. He said he couldn't file papers for a new one to replace this one, that it was up to his supervisor, but Sears had told me that it was up to the repairman to start the paperwork. I don't know. Anyway, it worked twice last night for him and I'm running it again this morning. Am I hoping it doesn't work? Not sure, I'm just frustrated. At least I do have 3 more years of warranty on it. With the FOUR visits from the repairmen and the new computer, new drain motor and valve and new hose and flaps they've installed, their receipts to me have totaled nearly $1000 on a dishwasher I paid around $500 for. Yeah, I'm glad I bought that extended warranty.

Mark is at the Texas Motor Speedway today, a guest of Lowe's. He's in their hospitality tent with breakfast, lunch and drinks complimentary, meeting Jimmy Johnson and sitting in Lowe's seats. Honestly, this sounds like a day of hell to me, but Mark is a Nascar fan. He was like a little kid at Christmas. He left at 5:30 a.m. That, alone, sounds crazy to me, but it couldn't come quick enough for him. So the boys and I are on our own today and I'm wondering what kind of trouble we can get into. I woke up with a sinus headache, so as soon the meds kick in, I'll start brainstorming. Guess I should wait and see if they have plans of their own. I forget how old they are sometimes. I may just be looking for trouble for one.