Just when everything seems to be going nicely something fucks up. I did a little cleaning up. Then I discovered that the front door lock didn't work anymore. The key wouldn't turn the lock.
So off to Lowes for another. $45 later I had the new lock at home and was going to install it. Then I had a brainstorm. I thought I could swap the old key cylinder into the new handle. That way we wouldn't need two keys. For some reason that would work until I had the whole thing assembled. Then it would stop working. I worked on the thing for hours, putting it together and then taking it apart again, with no success. Finally I just put it back on the door (broken) while I took the dog to the vet.
The vet was fun. After a little more than an hour of messing around and tests, the vet didn't know what was wrong. Her X-ray machine is broken, so she couldn't be sure Lucy wasn't about to die. So for $150 I got sent to another vet.
The other vet did an ultrasound and an x-ray. That seemed to show that Lucy's uterus was alright, but it wasn't definitive. The x-ray showed up a possible bowel problem, so she's in the hospital overnight. Please pay $850 on the way out. And by the way, you have to pick the dog up before 7:00 AM tomorrow.
I got home about 8:00 and took the door knob apart one more time. This time the old key cylinder came apart in my hands. I put the new key cylinder into the lock and it works. Only now we need two house keys.
To top it off I discovered that one of the kitchen sink drains is almost plugged. I tried Drano on it, but it didn't help. I guess I'll have to take the drain apart. A nice, ugly, disgusting, messy, job. Shit.
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