Grumble...

I feel like I have a lot of "grumbles" today.

• Doug and Andy seem to be entering a "new" stage because they are getting a lot more physical in their interactions with each other. This means that they wrestle for fun, they wrestle when they are mad at each other, etc. etc. It also means that Doug bit Andy (which he hasn't done for many months now...and despite the fact that he didn't like it the two times that Jo bit him).
• We are having plumbing issues in the kids bathroom. Granted it has had a lot more use than it has probably seen in about 17 years since we have been potty training, but sometimes when you flush the toilet you get water up through the bathtub (yeah....ewwwww). It took me a little to figure out that connection. It don't know what is causing it for sure...could be that the kids flushed something. It is definitely letting some water past so I am not ruling out that it is the cleaning wipes that Doug & Andy flushed about a month and a half ago. But to top this off I realized that due to the workroom being directly underneath that section of the house that I could walk down and see how the pipes are connected...well this lead me to discover that the pipes are dripping....
• ...Which lead me to discover the next issue...that the condensation in the ancient heating/cooling system is sweating enough without draining that there is water around the inside portion of the unit...which meant that it is leaking out along the walls getting some of the carpet wet and some of the nearby boxes wet. There is no telling how long this has been going on. It could be the last few day; it could be the whole summer since we turned on the AC. We had already started getting estimates on replacing the system but this puts a bit more urgency on it.
• We went and looked at what it would cost to replace just the cabinets and counter top in the kitchen today. Now granted, this was for them doing it all the way with pre-finished stuff...but good gosh the cost didn't even include such things as a new dishwashers, ovens (ours are probably circa 1970something), garbage disposal (to replace the one that most definitely quit), or the flooring that already needs to be replaced (and we can't do until we we do the cabinets). The 1968 built-in cabinets are sagging and have sawdust (which yes I have tried to get rid of in various ways) and the counter has lost it's finish and it is all wood paneling and dark and hard to get back in the deep corners and it would be very nice to do it at some point where we could actually enjoy the new kitchen rather than having to do it just to be able to resell the house when I am done with my PhD and if it sounds like I am whining I probably am...so there!