Gaaah!

[anne_d]

I just spent a very long time cleaning up soap crust* buildup all over the dishwasher, off silverware and dishes, etc etc because the resident XY filled the soap dispenser and forgot to start the dishwasher last night and soap splattered and dried onto things. He goes to bed last so he is supposed to start the dishwasher last thing at night; the crusts come from his unshakeable belief that More Soap is Better. It isn't.

I needed to boil out the teakettle anyway, so I dumped that boiling vinegar water over various dishwasher baskets, and put vinegar on the crusty parts, and scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed. Got all wet and smelly, had to change my shirt, my hands are dried out and itchy, my back hurts and I'm generally pissed off. Grumble grumble stupid husband.

Also I just heard on KPCC that a judge has ruled that the Governator can indeed require state employees to take two unpaid days off per month because This Is An Emergency. It wouldn't have been an emergency if our legislators had gotten off their collective fannies and agreed on a budget instead of sniping at each other and swearing no taxes not nohow not no way and the rest of that - soap crust buildup**. Asshats⁺.

What next, close all the unemployment offices to save money? It doesn't affect me directly, but Bestest Buddy just bought her first house, and now her pay is being cut 10%.

I did get the headboard and resident stuffies dusted and successfully wash the bed pillows (after practising on all of the old squashy ones we keep for couch naps). I guess that counts as a win.


*I was considering a less polite word, but one must set an example for one's offspring, yes?

**See above note.

⁺Sometimes a euphemism just doesn't do it.