Joy No Luck Club

I was going to ask whether you ever have one of those days when everything seems to go wrong, but I already know the answer: Of course you do. We all do. When it's happening, though, we tend to feel personally persecuted by whatever power governs the course of events. Today was one of those days for me.

This morning I went out to the garage freezer to look for some frozen French toast but found instead that the electricity to the freezer had been tripped off, and all the ice cream was liquid--but oddly enough, nothing else seemed to have melted. Diet karma, perhaps? Very frustrating!

Later in the day, I looked out at the front yard and noticed the leaves of our new crepe myrtle tree looked a little "crispy." Sure enough, when I checked, it seemed it wasn't getting any water. As it turned out, the drip line that waters the tree and a couple other plants isn't working correctly. Again, it's very frustrating, particularly since Soccer Son likely won't be back to do any troubleshooting until the weekend at the soonest, Hubby isn't very proactive about these kinds of repairs, and I know virtually nothing about this watering system--it's Soccer Son and Hubby's baby. So that means hand watering by me for the next few days, I think.

"They" say these kinds of things always happen in threes, so now I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop. Then again, it's probably just an old wives' tale, right?

There IS one bit of good luck though--I finished the Joy Luck Schnibbles quilt today!

I don't really have a place for this one--I don't use these pastel colors in my home. But wouldn't it make a terrific baby quilt? It sure would be nice to be ahead for once, instead of trying to get something made by a deadline!

ADDENDUM: Yep, the other shoe dropped. Right after posting the above, I went out to the kitchen to wash my hands and had very little water pressure. When I investigated further, I found our front yard was fairly well flooded, with water running off the yard and down the street. I got Hubby out of bed, and since it was too late and too dark to figure out what the problem is, he ended up turning off the outside water. ARGH!