Poopy and the World Cup

If there is one good thing to say about the people backing out of the purchase of our house back east, it's that the inspection they had let us know of a potential problem with our septic system. Okay, so I'm not so sure it was a good thing to find out. I mean, we have to pay to have it fixed. But, I guess that alleviates any responsibility we might have were we to sell the house without knowing about the problem. This is one less thing the buyers can ask us for money to fix when it comes to closing the deal. I don't know.

Anyways, I had a guy go out and inspect the tank and pump it out. It was completely full and we hadn't even been there for the last month. Our leach field was dry and seemed to be in good working order. I guess that's a good thing as it would have cost, like, ten thousand to have a new field put in. They think that it is a problem with a pipe leading from the tank to the field. So, I set up an appointment for them to fix the problem along with adding a ballast and an effluent filter to our existing tank. If you are curious, there are plenty of diagrams on the net to show you what I'm talking about (Yes, I did internet research on septic tank designs. I am THAT cool.). They'll take care of it next week and then we will have to shell out the dough, or should I say MORE dough. UGH.

It is yet to be seen if potential buyers will see this as a good or bad thing. Some might be scared off by the fact that we HAD a problem, even though it's been fixed. Some might see it as a positive in that they are getting an "updated" system. Who knows. I know that I would be a bit nervous if there were issues with the septic. I mean, who wants a problem with poop. There could be a lot of worse things wrong with a house, but when there is the potential for poop problems it takes on a whole new significance. Not that this needs pointing out, but not many people enjoy encounters with poop. Just ask huzbend who is obsessing about baby diapers and his having to change them.

Speaking of obsessions. I love the World Cup. I am completely addicted. I have watched almost every game that has been on. Okay, so I have NOTHING else to do, but come on!! Even the games that you think are gonna be boring, like Saudia Arabia vs. Tunisia, turn out to stay exciting all the way through the 90 odd minutes. It's hard not to get caught up in the excitement even if you aren't really rooting for either team. One day huzbend might come home to find that I've painted my face green, am sporting a green and yellow afro wig and have also decorated my prego belly as a soccer ball. CRAZY, I tell you! "O-laaaaaaaaaaay, O-lay, O-lay, O-laaaaaaaaay!"

Pretty much all of the games that I have watched have been excellent. Except, Team USA. What is up with them? I know they played a couple of days ago and this is old news, but they got demolished by the Czech Republic. Now, the Czech Republic is supposedly, like, number 2 in the world. NO EXCUSE. The US team looked like they had each smoked 2 pounds of pot before stepping onto the field. I think that if we fielded 11 pregnant women they would have been more effective. Okay, so maybe not. I'm just sayin'.... They play Italy on Saturday. I'll watch, but I'm skeptical. I might just have to catch a flight to Germany and boot up.