Damn Dryer Part III

Yesterday was rough. I would go into detail but I'd really rather forget it. Let's just say I put at least 100 miles on my truck and saw some spectacular lightening.

I never realized how afraid some people are of thunderstorms. I, on the other hand, love them. I love how the air feels, the pounding rain, the lightening bolts lighting up a dark ominous sky and even the booming thunder.

About 9:30 pm I got a call that B1's rained out game was rescheduled for tonight. Well, his uniform was muddy, wet and lying in a crumpled heap in his bedroom floor. I was supposed to have Wednesday night off.

So I crept into his room, picked up his uniform and some other dark clothes to wash them. I put them in the dryer and hit the button. A shrill squeak erupted in the laundry room that was so loud I almost peed my pants. The damn dryer wasn't working AGAIN.

So I hung everthing up to dry and went upstairs to log onto Sears.com. I love placing a service call online. It is so much easier. I got an appointment for this morning. Long story short: there must of been ten pencils in my dryer and one on them got caught in the belt. Ugghhh! $123.00 later I have my dryer. B4 is in big trouble when he gets home.

I went over my outstanding submissions and I'm going to forget about some of them. The ones to be forgotten are:

1 short story to Mid-South Review (submitted 10/14/2004) - Buh bye!
1 poem to Maelstrom (submitted 10/28/2004) - Buh bye!
1 poem to Evergreen Review (submitted 11/15/2004) - Buh bye!

My remaining outstanding submissions:

1 short story to Collected Stories (submitted 1/27/2005)
1 poem to River Walk Journal (submitted 1/27/2005)
1 poem to Binnacle Prose Competition (submitted 1/31/2005)
4 poems to Failbetter Magazine (submitted 2/22/2005)
2 short stories to Solander Magazine (submitted 10/4/2004 and 2/28/2005)
1 essay to Charlotte Parent Magazine (submitted 2/28/2005)
5 poems to Epiphany Magazine (submitted 3/2/2005)

But the good news is - no rejections!

I managed to rough out issue 86 of the serial. I need to do one more edit before I can call it finished. That leaves only issue 87 remaining for this week.

Since I'm home, I am watching the evacuation of the Capitol and the White House. I hate that this happened but I'm so happy that nothing serious happened and no one was injured. Of course the media is all-a-flutter on commentary and speculation. I was on the computer and read it on the BBC of all places.

Tomorrow night I have to dress the white-blond, pale-faced B2 up as Maya Angelou for her school project. Should be interesting.

BK