A big old heap of denial.
We are moving a week from tomorrow and I haven't packed a box in days. Oh, sure, right after BlogHer I went nuts for a few days and collected boxes, filled and labeled them. It felt great! I was ahead of the game!
Since then...nada. Been taking the kids to pools (because, you know, I need to get geared up to living in a home with OUR OWN POOL), reading, not writing much here, scouting for contributors for Blissfully Domestic's relaunch, tweeting, sleeping in late (LOVE it when my husband works from home), weaning from Zoloft (as if that's an activity that takes up actual time), using my elliptical which may or many not* spontaneously combust, looking for my keys (nothing new there), and just generally finding anything super important to do other than pack up this household.
*Okay, I need to explain this one.
I love my elliptical. Love it. If it weren't for that fine piece of machinery, I'd probably have gained far more than 30-some pounds while on Zoloft.
The thing is, my daughter (who is four)(oh, sorry, her voice in my head makes me tell you that she is four and a half) likes to be right next to me allofthetime. Which means, while I am working out, she wants to be on the elliptical with me. So, we've struck a deal. She can stand in front of me while I pedal as I am warming up and cooling down (ssshhhh...don't tell her that really I only let her be on there for a minute each time as I really slowly pedal and pretend to exercise). I explain to her that it just isn't safe for her to be with me while I am going fast.
Really, I think she has tricked me. The thing she likes most about being with me on the elliptical is toying with the fan feature on the console. She plays with the little lever and angles it towards her face. "Ahhhh...that feels goooooood, " she says.
So I indulge her, then boot her off the machine. She plays happily with her dollhouse nearby while I start my real calorie-burning mode.
Yesterday, however, something went amiss. When I started
"Do you smell that?" I asked my daughter.
"Smell what?" she responded.
And then the smell was gone. I chalked it up to my imagination.
After my workout was done, I turned off the fan.
It didn't turn off.
I hit the button a bunch of times, but to no avail. The machine's fan had taken on a life of it's own. It refused to submit. It wasn't going down for anyone!
Finally I pulled out the big guns and unplugged the elliptical itself. I sure showed that console fan who was boss!
After a series of phone calls and tech support stuff and warranty investigation, two things were revealed:
- The machine is no longer under warranty.
- The machine needs a new console, which will cost $427.36. Before labor.
So what I'm going to do is remove the cover to the console and disconnect the fan. Ha! Take that console manufacturers!
(Told you I can waste time. Do you have any idea how many boxes I could have packed in the time it took me to write this post about nothing?)
Wasting time is so much more productive. Packing...bleh, don't want to do it again.
ReplyDeleteYou are a procrastination GODDESS - I approach moving the same way.
ReplyDeleteBlogging is so much more fun than moving. Moving sucks. We our on our fourth move in the same number of years.
ReplyDeleteShow that console who is the boss!
SO jealous of the pool lol!
ReplyDeleteI hear ya on the kids and the exercise equipment - If I don't get on the treadmill before my kids are up, it doesn't happen - Jay at 22 months is just way too keen to get on there with me - what a disaster that would be.
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