I have been sick. This is what I get for not taking my vitamins and echinacea.

Firday night we went to a potluck at LK’s school. There was also a presentation on healthy eating for the kiddies. It was fun, although LK was not behaving and we had to leave early.

Saturday Amanda went to a conference in Seatac. I took LK to gymnastics and later when shopping at Costco. Amanda came back in the afternoon. I don’t remember what we did that evening, but since I am sick I have a good excuse. Saturday afternoon is when I started feely pretty lousy. I did not really sleep much that night.

Sunday I went off again to Bellevue to meet with my project team. Amanda took the Kai grocery shopping. I slept when I got back. Amanda assembled a couple of quiches (“broccoli and chesse” and “adult flavors” i.e. sun dried tomato and carmelized onions). We went to have dinner with PKF, GF, and family at their new house in Madison Park.

Monday I met a guy from the plumbing company that I will probably have fix our water line. Cevin (what is up with that spelling?) basically looked over the situation and gave me a rough estimate on the costs. I needed to get the utility companies to mark all the lines before he can give me a better estimate. The slope itself is not the problem; the fact that the gas line is on the same side of the house is. I hope it is not a problem because otherwise the fix will be even more expensive.

Basically, they get a flexible drill to drill under the sidewalk and retaining wall, and then start angling it upwards to side of the house. When it comes up, they trench as necessary to the required part of the basement. As they pull the drill back out, they take along the copper pipe with it. Neat!

But, yes, the gas line is a problem. I dunno how much space they need to get around it. The rough estimate is between 5 and 6K, which actually is less than I thought it would be, but I guess it could still be a lot more. The fix itself should take three days.

I did call the “call before you dig” clearinghouse people (who then inform all the utilities), so all that should be marked by this Thursday.

I made lentil soup for dinner. Amanda said that it was one of the best yet, which is impressive as I can’t taste anything due to my illness right now.