Waldo's Lady

I think that out of 25 years of dressing up for Halloween this year's costume was my favorite. Of course I wore princess costumes for probably the first 12 years of my life, so there isn't too much competition for favorite costumes.  This year after going back and forth on some creative ideas I came across one I could not pass up.  That is right, I was a Where's Waldo character.  Apparently Where's Waldo had a girlfriend named Wenda that I never even knew about!! I decided I must be Wenda.  I found some bold red and white striped tights, a jean skirt, a striped polo t-shirt, hiking boots, borrowed some glasses, and took a quick YouTube class on how to knit a hat....and then knitted a red and white hat. I was loving the costume more than my previous princess dresses that I wore growing up.

A friend was throwing a birthday/halloween/costume party at which I decided to reveal this amazing outfit.  I dressed up in by beautifully striped outfit and headed down to the party, a half hour drive away. Half way there I receive a text from my friend asking if I could pick up some paper plates from the grocery store. Uh Oh. I pull into a spot in the Albertson's parking lot and look in my mirror with my glasses and hat, look down at my amazingly bright red striped outfit, and suddenly realize I was about to go into a public place looking like a nerdy elf.  Why did Waldo and Wenda have to have red stripes????

After regaining some nerve I get out of my car and dash into the store to find the paper plates.  I received looks from people as if they thought I normally dressed that way and almost yelled that it was halloween just to clarify my attire.  Finally on my way out of the store this young teenager asked me "Do you have a Waldo, and if not do you want one?".  He knew who I was!  After years of dressing up and trying to be a beautiful  princess for Halloween, or trying to make myself attractive to the male specious I have finally learned how to attract a boy in a grocery store.  Dress like a nerdy candy cane elf.

Toilet Sprinkler

A few nights ago I was laying in bed and was jarred awake by the sound of a light misty spray sound coming from my bathroom.  It was the same sound as if a outside water hose were turned on and water sprayed out between the hose connection and the house.  I crawled out of bed at 3:00 AM and tripped over piles of clothes to get to my bathroom....well, more like mounds of unfolded clothes, piles sounds too clean.  I stared blankly at the toilet and decided in my supreme 3:00 AM wisdom, that it must just be the toilet running and I could crawl back in bed since the bathroom was not flooded.  I fell back asleep and woke up about an hour later to the sound of dripping water in the bathroom.  It was then that I walked in and discovered the wall behind my toilet was soaked, along with my shower curtain, and that there was a puddle forming on the ground from water misting from some unknown location.  Seeing a knob on the back of the toilet I decided to turn it and amazingly enough fixed it!  Well, at least it turned the water off.

 The next day, rather than call the maintenance people, I decided to try to fix it.  What if there WAS a knob to turn that would fix it?  I turned the water back on and after getting a face full of water, discovered that there was a hole in the water line that connected the toilet to the wall.  Not fixable....at least by me.

My maintenance people were able to quickly fix it today and I now no longer have a fountain toilet.  I had been putting off calling them to give me time to clean up my room so they wouldn't trip all over the clothes in my room to get to the bathroom.  Unfortunately you can only go so long without using the bathroom before needing to call maintenance.