Well, it's already been a whole month (and then some) that Robert has been in Iraq.  What a month it's been!  Let's recap what has happened to so far:

 

-Air conditioner had major 'leak' that had to be looked at by a/c tech (the day after Robert left).  It was only a clogged line which was EASILY flushed out.  Cost $150 for service call.

 

-Hot tub had a major "leak" as well that had to be looked at by hot tub tech (again, the  day after Robert left!).  Again, it was actually a minor issue.  Appears that the waterfall was not turned off all the way and with the cover on the hot tub the water was flowing over the side and underneath the hot tub and out onto the floor.  Cost $40 for service call (cost for embarssement factor priceless).

 

-Garage door falls off it's track at the top, leaving a nice large gaping opening.  I was able to partially fix this myself (along with Nicole's boyfriend--Stephen) so it's now closed but I have finally put a call into the garage door company to have them come out and properly fix it so I can actually open and close the garage door itself.  Waiting on actual cost.

 

-Circuit breaker flips and shuts off power to various areas of the house.  I was able to move the breakers back for all BUT ONE.  It would not move what-so-ever.  Went on-line to find that it was an indication that there is something with the electrical lines in that area--which was the laundry room.  Thankfully the washer/dryer still work just not the lights in the laundry room, garage, or ANY of the lights outside (!).  Finally figured that a new broom/mop holder that was previously installed earlier that day might be touching one of the lines, so I remove it and was FINALLY able to switch the circuit back.  Cost...more grey hairs; but saved a ton of $$$$ on a service call!

 

{SIDE NOTE:  Talking about grey hairs, all 3 of us (Rachel, Nicole, and myself) did come across one GOOD thing...CHUCK.  No, he's not a our new 'pool boy'  (our new pool boy's name is Miguel); but Chuck is an amazing hair dresser!  Anyway, he does an amazing job with hair color and all 3 of us got our hair colored.  Nicole's is the most improved--black now.  Will take pics of the hair (maybe even mine...a copper red now...and short!).}

 

-Talking about Nicole she did get a new job at a place called Buffalo Wild Wings (http://www.buffalowildwings.com/index2.asp).  Great thing that she got a new job and is now WORKING.....however, after her 2nd or 3rd day on the job she got off work and stopped by a friend's house and ran up to their front door.  But it had been raining and she slipped on their wet grass and then landed in a hole in the yard and TWISTED HER ANKLE.  We ended up taking her to the doctors the following day and thankfully nothing was broken...just torn ligaments.  They put her in a splint and on crutches.  So much for her job.  She is now recovering ok and will be going back to work on Monday (8/12).

 

Well, if the rest of the remaining months are anything like this last one then I don't think any hair coloring anywhere will cover my grey hairs (if I even have hair left!).