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redthroatedloon) wrote2004-03-16 12:00 am
redthroatedloon) wrote2004-03-16 12:00 am
Opening a New Door - Literally
Okay, so I've got two Web sites I've got to baby sit, and two other clients I need to handle, and in the middle of all this, my mother tells me I have to be at her place first thing Monday morning because she's having a door installed.
Actually, it wasn't that much of a surprise, because we've been dealing with this door for several months now. The door that's always been on the house is old, and cracked, and has been repaired umpteen times, and we all agreed she needs a new one. But solid wood doors are apparently prohibitively expensive, and so we went with a newfangled poly something-or-other. But she didn't want it installed in cold weather, so much to the irritation of the door company, we put it off until today.
I drove over there at 8 a.m., bleary-eyed and irritable because I got up extra early to get some work done beforehand, and found that the door guy had already started the job, with my mother anxiously watching. It all seemed to go well -- except, of course, the color of the inside door is too light, which is making my mom crazy, but it looks fine to me -- and I hung out there for four hours while the guy put in the door, put in the locks, the handles, the peep-hole, and the knocker. I checked to make sure everything seemed okay, dealt with some Medicare mixup or other, had lunch, and drove back. relieved.
Why is this important to anyone but me? It isn't, really. But it's amazing how many small- and medium-sized events make up a life, things like taxes, and birthdays, and holidays, and getting doors installed. Among other things.
Oh, yeah, and I've got a fanfic recommendation . I read a really fine Stargate fanfic by Tallulah Rasa (don't know if she's on LJ or not) called Encoded, which posits what would happen if Jack & Sam really did run off together. I don't want to say much more, because it would give away one of the twists, but suffice it to say that it follows my rather cynical view of the whole thing. And the characterizations of all four team members are extremely well done.
Actually, it wasn't that much of a surprise, because we've been dealing with this door for several months now. The door that's always been on the house is old, and cracked, and has been repaired umpteen times, and we all agreed she needs a new one. But solid wood doors are apparently prohibitively expensive, and so we went with a newfangled poly something-or-other. But she didn't want it installed in cold weather, so much to the irritation of the door company, we put it off until today.
I drove over there at 8 a.m., bleary-eyed and irritable because I got up extra early to get some work done beforehand, and found that the door guy had already started the job, with my mother anxiously watching. It all seemed to go well -- except, of course, the color of the inside door is too light, which is making my mom crazy, but it looks fine to me -- and I hung out there for four hours while the guy put in the door, put in the locks, the handles, the peep-hole, and the knocker. I checked to make sure everything seemed okay, dealt with some Medicare mixup or other, had lunch, and drove back. relieved.
Why is this important to anyone but me? It isn't, really. But it's amazing how many small- and medium-sized events make up a life, things like taxes, and birthdays, and holidays, and getting doors installed. Among other things.
Oh, yeah, and I've got a fanfic recommendation . I read a really fine Stargate fanfic by Tallulah Rasa (don't know if she's on LJ or not) called Encoded, which posits what would happen if Jack & Sam really did run off together. I don't want to say much more, because it would give away one of the twists, but suffice it to say that it follows my rather cynical view of the whole thing. And the characterizations of all four team members are extremely well done.
Thanks for the "Encoded" rec
Re: Thanks for the "Encoded" rec
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Nope, she's not, but not because I haven't been trying to talk her into it! The li'l dweeb. *g* (I can say that. She's slept on my couch.)
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Anyway, you don't have an email or a website listed in your user info, and anonymous posting is disabled, and the girl doesn't have an LJ for posting with a username (although this made a stellar opportunity for me to take another stab at talking her into it, heh), so I offered to carry a message for her if she wanted. This is what she said: So there ya go. You should drop her an email sometime, if you're so inclined...
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