Ack, Liese! Though D is right, and you can make it structurally sound pretty easily.

frets about upstairs plumbing some more

OK, my bank needs a bunch of info about the transaction faxed to them from the Apple store. So I'm currently waiting for a manager from the store to call me back.

Fortunately, there's not any true structural damage, I think. I mean, there is, but it's not holding anything up. There's just a big line of water damage along the edge of the cabinet, and then a hole in the corner. The neighboring cabinet is fine; I pulled the drawers out to check. So it's just the one under the sink.

I'll probably want to do something to stop bugs coming in from the crawlspace, but I need to do some work like that anyway, because when I pulled the other undersink panel off (no cabinet under that sink, it's supposed to be more accessible) there was a big hole around the pipes in the drywall. I assume the plumbers thought it would be blocked off by the cabinetry, but the panel doesn't close it off completely, so I want to seal it up somehow.

Kat, I haven't heard the breakdown yet, but it seemed to go well. Now I wait. And prep for tomorrow's in person interview. Luckily the suit about fits. Same one I bought on consignment with you guys. Never wore it. This will, in fact, be the first time I will wear a suit of mine.

I assume the plumbers thought it would be blocked off by the cabinetry, but the panel doesn't close it off completely, so I want to seal it up somehow.

Ack! It's air leakage. Bad plumbers. Some kind of expandable foam like Great Stuff is usually the answer.

I know, right? I didn't love those plumbers anyway. And there's air coming in under the cabinetry in the kitchen, too, so I want to seal that off. And while I'm at it, I should probably pull off the undersink panel in the other bathroom and check it. I know the one in the kitchen is okay, because we had that one off to replace the drinking water filter.

Great Stuff is a good idea. Thanks for the suggestion.

Tommy, we have a $1000 limit on debit card transactions per day. It's a safety thing, which I discovered when I tried to buy furniture. Sucks that Apple ran it through twice. I hope they resolve it quickly.

I made it about 25 minutes on the stationary bike before I called it quits, which is 15 minutes longer than I thought I'd last. (In my defense, I then went to the grocery store for healthy food and carried a heavy bag for half a mile.) And I now have a scale. Baby steps are better than no steps, right?

I'm scheduled to give blood tomorrow. I've never done it before because of Red Cross restrictions which they've since relaxed.

25 minutes is totally respectable! Especially with the other walking and stuff you do every day.

Baby steps are awesome!

I've been thinking about giving blood for a long time. I used to be too light to give, but it's been a long time since that's been the case. But I suck, because they always have trouble finding a vein for just samples, so I'm scared of giving.