I'm waiting for the next bomb to hit.

I've been thinking about Murphy's Law lately.
"Whatever can go wrong, will." I think it needs
some tweaking. How about, "Whatever can go
wrong, won't, until there are at least three or
four things ready to go wrong, and then they'll
all go wrong at once."

Last Thursday night we'd just gone to bed.
The washing machine was running through
load of clothes, and it had just finished the
rinse cycle and was starting to drain for the
spin. We then hear this weird bubbling noise
coming from the bathroom. I check it out, and
is some very nasty, dirty water bubbling up
through the drain in the tub. In both
bathrooms. And out of the base of the toilets
as well.

So we get a plumber out to fix it the next day.
Sewer stoppage. Ew. We had sewer water in
our bathtubs. $105.

The next day I had our car into the shop for an
oil change, but also to check out a weird
vibration that's been coming from the front
driver's side tire when I turn right. Wheel
bearing will need to be replaced in a couple
months. I didn't ask what the estimated cost is
going to be; we already owe them $300.

The icing on the cake, of course, was
Sunday's computer death which I already
posted about. Only an $80 or so fix, but that's
$80 we don't have right now. I should have my
PC up and running again by Labor Day. I
hope.

So I'm waiting for the next bomb to drop.

Gri"working late, thinking too much"shny