Nothing

I have been in a nice steady state of doing nothing for a few weeks. It feels good. And at the same time, awful.

I have been working 4 and 5 day weeks for the last few months. I also drive 4 hours one way to work once a week. Then back home when I am done.

Work is not that hard. I just have to do it away from home. I don't get to eat in my house. See my kids, or wife. Sleep in my own bed.

I have been off of work since before Christmas(Xboxmas). A much needed rest, I must say.

I can also say that I have never gone this long without doing "something" remotely worthwile.

Well to "ease" myself back amongst the working, yesterday I fixed the leaky kitchen sink, sure it has been leaking for a few months, but it was not time to fix it yet. You may not think that is a big deal, but it is. You see, not only do you have to figure out the original problem that caused the leak, you need to rectify it. You have to fix the pipes and think about how you will avoid the same problem in the future.

Problem; leaky sink. Cause; recycle and waste buckets pushed the pipes and caused them to miss align, causing a leak.

Solution; remove all the leaky components, loosen up the left over components, go to store and get new pipes, cut and fit new pipes, align and tighten. Leak test, and if all is right with Karma, there will be no leaks. So the sink is now fixed. Cost $7.19 for materials, 3 hours of time, $5 for Mocha during the shopping trip to jump start my brain and make sure that I was getting the correct parts, about 3 miles of wear and tear on my truck.

How to make sure this does not happen again; the only thing that I can think of is to move. Barring that, we moved where we put the recycle and waste baskets. Of course if I was the only one to put stuff under the sink that would help, but we aren't going there.

So much for my weeks of nothing.