A no good very bad day

Let me start by saying Todd is in Egypt and I'm in a country where I don't speak the native language.

6:15 a.m.--turn on shower--water is cold and doesn't get hot.

8:30 a.m.--turn on washing machine--realize we're out of water--AGAIN!

9:30 a.m.--Take Nic to the Doctor so the Dr. can look at the two, yes TWO, pieces of pencil lead embedded in her chin. Doctor refers me to a plastic surgeon. Trip not a total waste as Nic got a couple of immunazations that were due.

10:10--realize the gas light on the car is on so I stop to fill it up. Spent $$ to go from completely empty to completely full (you'll realize why this became so annoying later on)

10:15--call the plastic surgeon to schedule appt. He asks if I can come in right now. Sure. I ask him for directions. He responds it's too complicated but if I can find my way to some hospital I've never heard of, then give him a call from there and he'll direct me.

10:20-10:40--study the terrible maps we have trying to find Khalidi hospital. Find a Khalidi street. It must be there.

10:45-12:30--drive around and around and sit and sit in traffic trying to find Khalidi hospital. Make 3 phone calls to plastic surgeon (Call 1--Is it on Khalidi street? Yes. Call 2--Am I on the right street because I don't see Khalidi hospital? Yes keep driving. Call 3--I can't find the hospital. Should I keep trying or reschedule? Come at 4 tomorrow)

12:45--arrive home to find water truck here to fill our tanks. (I'd texted Todd who texted Firas who arranged to have our tanks filled.) Costed us another 50 JD ($75 USD). The city says it's a faulty valve and that's why we're not getting enough water pumped to our area. They know the problem but about 4 weeks later we'll still waiting for the problem to be fixed so when we run out we have to pay to have our tanks filled.

12:45-5 ish.--Take care of kids, eat, clean, usual stuff. Try to transfer pics from old computer to new computer. Captions won't transfer. Find out the program I use doesn't support the transfer of captions. Worry the old computer could crash at anytime so I have to get the pictures to another place to keep them safe. Did that but without the captions I've spent so much time on.

5:45--Leave to take Critter to scouts. Van breaks down. Rental company doesn't have another car large enough for us so we will use a smaller one til they can get us another one or get van fixed. Whatever car we get the tank better be full.

6:00--now--arranging for car replacement, cleaning up house, large chunk of this time looking for our broom. Still can't find it. Not good for a house that has absolutely no carpet. Spent rest of evening irritable. I think chocolate cake batter will help so now that kids are settled down in bed, I'm going to go make me some.