The window's window

Yesterday I was squeezed into Lowe's installation schedule. I was told, "It will be kind of a long window of time to wait. But I can put you down for 11 - 4."

"That isn't too bad," I said. Little did I know.

I had to get a tire fixed that had a leak from the valve. Then I rushed back home to wait. You never know when they might show up.

I got a call at 10:45am saying, "Hi Liz. This is so and so. I just wanted to make sure we picked up all the right items for the install. (YAY! - I thought) It will be a little while before we get there though. (BOO!)"

So, I was really excited. A little while was, in my mind, maybe three hours. No problem! Not so. At 3:00 I received a call saying, "I am sorry we are running late. It will be an hour to an hour and a half until we get there."

So...4:30 I thought. Again, not ideal, but only a half an hour later than expected. At 5:45 I called, "Um...are you guys coming?"

"Oh yeah, we are right outside."

"Ok (rassa frassa)."

So they worked and worked and worked and at 7:10 they finally finished. It took EIGHT HOURS to install one kitchen window. Buh. My day was absolutely shot. I had planned to finally make it it the SPCA to play with kitties - no good. I had hoped to swim - but I didn't want to be in my swim suit when two people I didn't know showed up - no good. I also refused to put on the A/C because I didn't think I would be inside sweltering all day. And I still am not ready to be hooked to the A/C even though it was like 100+ degrees outside. Blech.

The dogs were puddles. The cats were puddles. I was a displeased puddle.

But now all our of new windows have been installed. Finally. And they are lovely, and energy efficient and all that, so I guess it was worth it.