What an up and down day!!!

July 25 - Bill had a Dr. appointment this morning that he OK’d with Shaun so we had a quick breakfast and headed down to clean the bath house.  We were just about done when Paul showed up and asked why we were cleaning.  Apparently there was a miscommunication as to what days we are going to be working.  Paul thought we were permanently on Thursday – Saturday but that’s not what we had been told.  So we finished up and went to check in with Shaun and found that Jean was back.  She was also a little confused but said they are much busier on the weekends than they ever thought they would be so asked if it was OK for us to finish out our time here Thursday – Saturday.  We’re fine with that!

Bill got showered and left for his doctor appointment and I was checking my email and received the water bill for our house and Kimberly Street.  It was $460.  I went into an immediate panic!  I called Cathy at the city of Ocoee and she looked it up and found the sprinklers have been running 3 times a day EVERY day for a while.  I asked if there was anything we could do to get the bill reduced and she said no.  CRAP!  I immediately left a message for the lawn guy to go over and turn the timer off and see what was going on.  In the mean time, I thought I’d have heard by then from our realtor that the inspection that was at 6 last night to follow up on the electrical panel replacement and some other small odds and ends was complete and that we were good to go to close Friday.  He said he had texted and called but had no word either!  Panic time???

I got to thinking maybe the water issue started when the inspector was there checking every

View from the back side of the lake of the beach on the
peninsular and the 2 giant water rafts in the swim area

faucet, etc so I contacted my realtor and asked him what day that was.  Thought maybe it would be his fault for leaving the wrong setting on the timer.  Nope!  I’m not that lucky!  Since I hadn’t heard from my lawn guy by 4:30 I asked my brother to stop on his way home and turn the sprinkler off.  An hour or so later my lawn guy called and said he’d been out on the lake all day.  HE set the sprinkler to water all the new plants and sod that was put in back in June and I had NO idea.  This is another reason I should have stuck to my guns and said no plants in the back yard.  Between the plants, the removal of the dead and overgrown stuff, rocks, mulch, WATER and labor, we spent a small fortune on landscaping that someone might not even want!  At least the mystery is solved.

The good news for the day was the call from the realtor that the inspection passed and the buyer is signing her papers Friday morning at 10 and the money should be in our account by 2.  Hallelujah!  At least I’ll have it in time to pay the water bill.  My final job is to call the city, Duke Energy and the insurance company and cancel them all on Monday. 

Bill’s appointment went well, the Dr. ordered some tests as he felt there could be more he can do for all of the twitches Bill is dealing with.  I sure hope so.  This evening he went to see a minor league baseball game in the area.  There was a player on one of the teams from Orlando and Bill’s teams had played him so he wanted to see the kid. 

I had chicken noodle soup for dinner.  It was delicious but think I’ll be eating it for days!  I set up Molly’s hut outside and she and I sat out for a while.  I moved from the chair to the lounger and took a rare nap!  I just can’t get moving once I take a nap. 

I made reservations at 2 places for our journey home in September.  It will be here before we know it!  I set up lunch with our annual winter tenant, Rich and his wife, for Sunday.  I think he lives about 30 minutes from here.  Will be good to see him.

Tomorrow we start our official new work schedule!