Blurty for gemstone.
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| Monday, December 27th, 2004 |
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The past six months had been one of most challenging times in my life. But as I always say, things happen for a reason, and this, too, shall pass. Last July, the summer rains found their way through our ceiling and into our living room. In August, the drips turned into a torrential downpour when the series of hurricanes ganged up to topple our chimney. The walls grew molds, the carpet sqwooshed, and the house smelled like a pond. We had to move our stuff away from the leaks, so the whole place was a mess, for what seemed like forever. On the first of September, a reckless driver hit our car, smashing the whole right side. We spent a fortune on car rental, waiting for the repairs that kept getting postponed because of the bad weather. And because of the moisture in the corner of the house where my workstation was, my PC acted up, most likely due to corrosion. I spent a month working with a low-resolution display until the CPU finally died. Then, without warning, our airconditioner compressor stopped working. The maintenance guy said we needed a new one. So, we slept without airconditioning, and that was before the night temperatures started dropping. Fast forward to today... The auto body shop had completed the repairs, and our Jeep looks good again. I had accepted an editing job, which financed a new PC, so that problem practically solved itself. The maintenance guys managed to replace the airconditioner compressor right away, so that was great. And after a four-month wait, the drywall guy finally refinished our walls and ceiling, the carpet guy finally replaced our carpet, and the roof guys finally put up a new chimney. When I think about it, we had to go through all the stress, hassle, and discomfort because we were, in fact, moving on to something better. The Jeep has a new paint job, and because they replaced the doors, the passenger side window doesn't whistle in the wind anymore. I now have a high-end PC, and we now have a brand new compressor and berber carpet. It took six months of mayhem and flux, but once again, "this, too, shall pass" came true. |
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Blurty for gemstone.
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