Tired and Disappointed

For the last several weeks, we've been attempting to get our "free" hot tub going. We brought the thing over from the neighbors, who had bought the house but no longer wanted the tub.

So far, we've had the electrician out here three times and the hot tub expert twice. We have called numerous times trying to get this thing up and running.

The hot tub guy came and tore out the stuff we didn't need today, and replaced the busted valve, AND got it running...

At least while he was here. Now the thing won't run.

I have spent all day working on that thing and IT WON'T RUN. I have absolutely not a clue as to why it won't but it won't. Now I have it full of (cold) water so that we can get the scuzz out of the pipes and it simply refuses to go.

I am tired and sweaty and mad and disappointed and I want to eat my dinner, take a shower, and not think about the thing for awhile.

Meanwhile, nothing on the job front. No rejections all week (but no interview offers, which I guess constitutes a draw) and nothing else going on.

SIGH.

I just jumped a mile because the vent in the bathroom started. Silly me. Did I actually think we could get the damned thing running without fifty million phone calls and a hell of a lot of suffering?

Gotta go flick some switches again. I live in hope.

Ta,
Bec

PS: Forgot to mention that I did something absolutely insane the other day concerning Prince Within (which is slowly progressing, but at least it's getting there.) I made a family tree of my characters...and managed somehow to link the main five together as relatives. Check it out here:

A little clarification: The five main ones I was referring to are: Tiernan, Einin, Caedmon, Carden, and Amon (who later becomes Antiphos Nox.) The rest of the characters are either dead or die during the course of the story (Roland would be that one.) Plagues and massacres prune family trees right down to nothing, don't they?

Tiernan is the main character; Einin might wind up with him (haven't written the end yet and them being together is still very much in doubt.)

The Camyeises and Soluses come out of the same small group that crashed into a small island just off the coast of Caoimhe a thousand years ago. The Shrathshires are one of a dozen noble families that emerge out of these lines. I just didn't bother to analyze the rest seeing as the Shrathshires are the immediately important family line I needed to deal with and the rest would be busywork and didn't need to be done.

Also note: They don't always marry each other; there's a heap of commoners that have randomly produced magical abilities and they wind up joining the Solus clan first in training of their abilities, and then in marriage or taking the name and becoming Soluses anyway. The Camyeises are a bit more picky; they're more likely to marry nobility or marry Soluses since they don't really mix with the regular people as often as their magical relatives do. And yes, some Camyeises have been magical, but the last lot have been duds as far as that goes (Tiernan included) but maybe the next generation (hint hint) will produce some sparks.

I said the clans were close, but until I linked them together the other day, I had no idea how much. This whole scenario took two hours to set together (gathering names, getting the right amount of Soluses for how many cousins, uncles, aunts, and other people I produced earlier on and had to live up to, etc. etc.)

Having this is going to help me (and maybe the reader) understand Caedmon's motivations (always a deep and endless topic of discussion.) Now there's not just the Soluses that have been murdered; there's the Camyeises, too. I think out of everyone, Caedmon is quickly becoming my favorite character. He has suffered losses beyond what any human, powers or no, should be expected to take, and yet he still wants to do things the right way and end Carden's reign not out of revenge, but because it's the right thing to do.

I could go on for days about this story because there's that much material here, but you probably have things to do.

You'll all get to read it someday; don't worry. I'm trying to finish it!

Ta,
Bec