Bloat and Boredom?

It is almost 11pm Monday. I feel bloated, tired and bored. I finished the faucet this afternoon. The tube went in OK and the pipes too although I had to rob two pieces from the old setup. No big deal. Kitty was hiding under Mother's bed. Poor thing. :/

I didn't make any calls or go pay the mortgage. Maybe tomorrow. I had been awakened in the night with a sudden cramp in my left calf! I thought I had dreamed that until I actually did get up. Grrr. It's always something! Anyway, master bath surfaces are empty. I can paint.

I also filled up one trash bin and recycle bin with stuff that's been in the garage. I've been in a pessimistic mood so I didn't save much. Last night I had made a virtual card for Vegas' birthday. He seems to have appreciated it.

I have eaten lightly: cereal, salad and some cheese-flavor crackers. Maybe I'll have a more proper meal. Or more cereal. Or something.

Will check out Ep 3 of Kyle XY. The pilot was OK. The second episode was lame. I figure if 3 is lame, I'll give up on it.

Sunday Brother showed up. I was outside. I had just gotten estimate on lawn/sprinklers. Brother was shocked at cost. It seemed reasonable to me for what the project was defined as being. Under $3000. Part of that is because Brother wanted sod which is grass pre-grown and put down in sheets as instant lawn. Very expensive option. Seeding is less expensive.

Anyway, I got Brother to remove the chandelier. He had to climb into ceiling crawl space. It took some effort to locate. He complained of heat. I thought it was warm but not too awful. I painted the old chandelier with "hammered finish" bronze paint Brother picked out at home improvement store. I think it looks better. The old finish was meant to be some kind of patina but was ugly and dated. The light is over 30 years old anyway. Now it looks fresher. I'm reasonably satisfied until I see it lighted. I have some concerns there which will have to be addressed when Brother is available again.

We did grocery shopping after quick stop at home improvement so I could fetch correct tube and miscellaneous things and he got called to work as I finished up groceries. He had to go deal with a broken van some 20 miles (32 km) away. Evil. I told him he makes mistake of answering phone! He is like Father. Father always was available to work. Brother gets hourly pay. Father was on salary so got nothing extra. I led Brother to consider demanding a rotating "on call" list so he is not always the one giving up weekends and other projects for work! Much Evil! Father worked so often that I really have no sense of him until he retired and took gravely ill. Father hated not working?

What else... it sounds like Brother and SIL already spent advance? SIL wanted him to get another advance? Brother said she was crazy?

I hope kitty likes the litter box. I cleaned it and filled it a little differently this time. She has been angry about it I think. I think duckie has me on block. Maybe he doesn't like litter box either.

I saw that he had gone out after 8pm so I asked if everything was OK. Neighbor said it took six hours at hospital for his wife's appointments and much was changed on her meds. He said he would tell me more when he had time to talk in more detail. That's too bad. I'm sure he won't be going to his reunion now with things changed like this. He'll want to be home to monitor her for changes in health and not go even for one, two or three days.

Maybe I will fetch more cereal and watch a film to relax?