I am not back at work yet. But I have "this shit is inhumane" complaints anyway. Our insulation was supposed to come for six weeks or something, and we finally gave up and hired another company who came and did it the next day. So for about a month we've been running the propane heater without insulation in the roof. The SO jokes that the reason it's a few degrees warmer in our area than the neighboring town is because we were heating it. (The truth is that it's about five hundred feet lower in elevation.)

Anyway, because of that, we've been running through the propane like mad. We'd been trying to call the propane company and get them out there, but they missed the first two dates, thereby running us out of gas on NYE. We called today ready to kick up a ruckus, but it turns out they'd been out and refilled the tank yesterday. Which took the wind right out of our complaining sails.

But then we get to the site and the heater hasn't kicked on. We fiddled with it for a while, left and made our purchases, came back, and still nothing. There's no pilot; it's electronic ignition, I guess. But no heat. So the builder's called (or is calling) the furnace guy to come out and take a look at it, but if there's damage because we ran it out, I'm guessing we'll be the ones footing the bill.

Which a) makes me grumpy, and b) means we couldn't really work out there again today.

Still, tile got delivered, they're trenching across the road for the power and across our property for the water and later in the back for the septic. So we should be hooked up to our systems shortly. We ordered the woodstove and that should be installed at the end of next week or so. That'll probably be the last thing. The cabinetry guys finished up except for the mismeasured counters today. The electricians were there and gone, but I don't think they're done yet. Stain needs to be done, but it's going to need to warm up for that to happen.

Anyway, now we're at home 'cause the SO is sick and working in 41 degree house is shit that's inhumane. I'm catching up on deskwork and he's catching up on sleep so hopefully he can be good to go for when our work team gets here Friday.

Inhumane!!

This is what I'm saying!

I hope it is just a thingie that needs resetting, Liese.

I'm itchy. I want to go home and slather myself in lotion. Stupid weather.

I can't believe I have to do this for two more days this week. And then next week? FIVE DAYS

I KNOW

That shit is whack.

Yeah, probably is. There's even supposedly a reset button on the (wrong) thermostat thingy, but I couldn't get the lid off to check, and I didn't want to bust it seeing as it's the wrong thermostat and I want them to take it back and replace it with the right (7 day programmable) one and not charge me.

Still.

I keep slathering my hands in lotion, but then washing them, so then re-slathering. My grandmother gave me some really nice lotion for Christmas, but I think it's too greasy for my hands. t /random

I just called the bookstore and, yay!, I don't have to work tonight. I figured I wouldn't (I was on call, and they've been cutting hours right and left to make up for using too many during the Xmas rush), so I can head on over to the pet supply store and the grocery store to fill up the pantry for both of us.

I do have to work the store tomorrow night, but that's okay. That extra $75 a week is very nice to have in the account.

My mother-in-law gave me lotion for Christmas, too. It's weird, it has silicone in it. But it feels really nice and smooth and seems to last longer. It doesn't seem like it can be a good idea, but I like it.

Cereal: I always like the Camille Beckman "glycerine hand therapy" lotion my sister gave me some time back. I only use it in the wintertime, so the 4 oz. tub has lasted me a few years. It's almost all gone now, just in time for me to try out the hand therapy set that ChiKat gave me from Mary Kay.