Plumbers and Jets and other little things!

 So....Things are starting to return to normal around El Rancho Juvat.  No, Beans, we are still at the mercy of plumbers.  We did manage to get the Guest House back up and running and have had guests continuously for the past 10 days and are booked solid for the next two weeks.  I am now fully certified as a bed maker. (My sainted Mother is smiling from a cloud somewhere.) It only took about 7 years, but I have mastered the hospital corner.

So, I've got that going for me...which is nice!

But...(There's always a "But") we're still waiting for the plumber to come back and finish hooking up the kitchen sink at my Sister's house as well as the sink at her old house.  She's got a sink that works in the laundry room and nobody's living in her old house and things still suck for a lot of people in the area.  The plumber is still having to prioritize what get's fixed and in what order.  

However, DIL and Tex will be arriving on the 26th, so our priority is going to have to change soon.  I have a very cunning plan to see that through.

Last week while I was playing Step'in Fetchit for the plumber, we'd been talking about things and came to find out that his Dad had worked for General Dynamics developing the technology for the Aural warning system in the F-15 and F-16. (Yes, Sarge, I'm taking about what was affectionately called "Bitchin' Betty").   It also turns out that the Lady whose voice was used also lives in the vicinity.  Remarkable coincidences.

In any case, he'd picked up his son and was on the way home when we'd called.  He'd brought the son with him to fix the leak.  His son had overheard the conversation and gotten pretty excited that I had flown airplanes.  That was his plan for when "he grew up".

I didn't want to tell him that you can't be a fighter pilot if you "grow up".  

So back to my diabolical plot to get back on the plumber's schedule.  I happened to run across this website a while back which tracks a lot of flying related activities and includes airshows.  Turns out that next Saturday there's one in nearby Burnet (pronounced Burn It) which includes an A-10 demo.  Asked the plumber if he thought his son would be interested and he'd be free.  

We're going to an airshow! I don't know about the plumber, but us two kids are gonna have fun!

Source

On a separate note, during "Icemageddon", MBD and SIL had had a water pipe burst in the ceiling of their rental house. They called last week and asked if they could come visit for a couple of days.  

"Well, yes, of course!"  

They arrived Thursday and MBD said she wasn't feeling too well from the drive, so was going to take a nap.  Now, she has NEVER done well traveling, so it wasn't unusual.  However, in this day of pandemic panic....

After the nap, she awoke feeling better.  She then brought in a small wrapped box and handed it to Mrs J to open.

Inside was this.

We're gonna be Grandparents! ETA? Late October.

Thank you, Lord!