Mom. Why is there a toilet in the shower?

Things are getting a bit dicey over here, Friends.

We are at T minus 4 days until this wedding, and I am hopeful that no more curve balls will be thrown my way.

I do not have much time to post, therefore, I shall make a list of a few new developments that you may read at your leisure from your non-wedding-planning home.

1. David, LD, and I went to water at the river this weekend. Shocker. While we were there, the power went out, which in turn made the sprinklers not work, so we were there to water, but could not water. Eventually, the power was restored.
2. When we got back into service, we found out Hadley decided to go and get a nose ring.
3. Also, we found out HD’s glasses broke at a basketball tournament and they had to be superglued together several times.
4. We also discovered that Auntie Dana, who lives on our property and shares our well water with us, was out of water.
5. David surprised me with the news that he noticed at the property that all our sprinkler timers stopped working and he didn’t know how to fix them, so in order to not have burnt up grass for the wedding, he would basically be living at the river from now until the wedding so he could water. And we spent an exorbitant amount of money on timers and sprinklers and hoses, so the fact that they stopped working brings us great comfort.
6. And Kate surprised us with the happy news that she had bought a puppy 7 days before her wedding.

Before David left for his new home, he had to tackle our water issue. Because, let me tell you, it is extremely difficult to wash bedding for incoming guests when one has no water. It was decided that the master bathroom toilet was broken and constantly running, therefore causing our well to run dry, hence no water. David shut off the water to that toilet and told me the water should be good to go in awhile and then he toodled off into the sunset to live at the river and water.

So. All day Sunday, I was trying to get the house ready for company and do some more wedding planning, and can I just pause and say that I am ready to stab this wedding to death? Sorry to sound violent, but I must speak my truth. Throughout the day, I was texting Auntie Dana, and our texts went something like this:

“My water is a light trickle with lots of air.”

“Oh, mine is now getting a bit stronger!”

“Check your water! I just did and I have excellent pressure!”

“Same here! Yay! I am going to finally get a shower in!”

“Hey, I just checked and I have absolutely zero water again.”

“Oh. Me, too.”

“Looks like EVERY SINGLE COW hath decided to come and get a drink of water, so we won’t have water again for awhile.”

And so on and so forth. It was a fun day. Makes you appreciate water.

Meanwhile, I am getting multiple texts from multiple people about wedding related issues and concerns and problems to solve, and one such new fun concern had a lot to do with Kate’s new puppy.

You may ask, “Taylor! Doesn’t Kate already have a puppy?!”

And I would reply, “Yes. Yes, in fact, she does. His name is Niko and he is all that is precious in this world. And I would presume I am now his official adoptive mom.”

You might also venture to ask, “Taylor! Did she plan out what was going to happen with this puppy during the wedding ahead of time?!”

And I would laugh and laugh at your silly little question, Reader. Because, no. There was no plan. There is no plan. But I guess the puppy is probably coming to our house, which is fine and great because we already have three dogs, so naturally it should be of no trouble to add a puppy to the house during this very peaceful and organized time.

After work yesterday, David swung by the house to install a new toilet. He had placed the old toilet in the shower for safekeeping while he installed the new one. Then he left the room for a bit to feed the cows, and while he was gone, LD came inside and looked like he had rolled around in dirt for 7 1/2 hours. And I was so proud because I didn’t even need to say a word, he just came up to me and said:
“Mom. I think I need a shower.”

My boy! He is growing up!

Then he came back a bit later, very confused looking.

Me: “Dude! I thought you said you were going to take a shower! Let’s go! We have stuff to do!”

LD: Mom. Why is there a toilet in the shower?

And so, things are going great over here. Thank you for asking. No, I am not stressed. I haven’t been stressed. Not even when I checked the weather forecast this morning and saw that it had dropped from 93 and sunny to 76 and a 60% chance of rain with possible thunderstorms.

No. No problems here. I am cool as a cucumber over here, washing laundry in between cows drinking water, preparing for a puppy and houseguests and a wedding, and waiting for a call back from Bob to get HD some new glasses.

Everything is A-OK.