In the last couple weeks, the following things have broken in my house: a sprinkler in the yard, my car battery, the ice maker in the refrigerator, the dishwasher, and the chain on my bike. Also, when I have groceries delivered this weekend, they gave me a 16 lb turkey even though I requested at 12 lb turkey. As a result, the turkey is still going to be frozen on Thanksgiving, which will present a challenge when it comes to cooking it, especially considering that the oven billows smoke every time I turn it on because of the filling that oozed out of an apple pie I made last week.

Over the weekend, I replaced the car battery, installed a new chain, and repaired the sprinkler. Tomorrow, the appliance person will come to take a look at the dishwasher, and I’ll buy a bag of ice, try to scrub out the pie filling, and butterfly & brine the turkey in an attempt to speed the thawing. The ice maker will have to wait until after Thanksgiving.

Sometimes everything seems to break at once. Of course, there is a balance to everything and on the upside, I just got a huge bonus at work and a free computer; now if I only had time to spend one and play with the other.