Everything happens at once

[avram]

Our new downstairs neighbor is moving in (a task which involves having an enormous moving truck parked outside, doing ugly things to the minimal traffic flow) at the same time that plumbers are vivisecting our bathroom. And in ten minutes, cadhla and I leave for the Port Atrocity.

And I used the bathroom without realizing that the water was off and now I can’t wash my hands! Ack ick arg ew irmp arnk! Hate this feeling hate hate hate hate! (Turns out I’m just a wee bit obsessive-compulsive about this. I’ve taken some of the edge off by moistening a paper towel in our water pitcher and rubbing my hands with it.)