lioness17

Our water's not working right at my house. We have no water pressure. Last night, my dad went down to the basement to fix a leaky pipe. We weren't allowed to turn on the taps or anything because he turned the water off (I forgot once. The tap spit and spluttered, scaring the life out of me) and the grand moment when everything was supposed to work...didn't come. Something else isn't working right and no one's quite sure what. The city has to do something first and the ground's still frozen so they'll have a hard time digging and blah blah blah. What this means is that nothing in the bathroom upstairs works so five of us are using the toilet downstairs and brushing our teeth at the kitchen sink. We are going to friends' houses to shower tonight. My dad's hoping to have it fixed by the weekend so he can still go on his fishing trip, but we're not sure that's going to be the case. 

This clarinet choir thing is getting to be a pain in the you-know-where. First of all, we used to practise Tuesdays at lunch and Thursdays after school until 4. Then, we decided that the lunch practices weren't enough time so (I thought) we were just going to stick to Thursdays after school only (still have to check that). With festival coming up (in two weeks, not one), she wanted to fit in some extra practice time so we planned to practice the Monday after March Break, which only Hilary and I showed up for. Today, Wednesday (and the first day of Spring) I went to take out my clarinet to practice tonight and just as I was leaving, I saw Hilary and Emily going in. Emily said that we do have practice tonight and I don't ever remember hearing about that. If I had, I would've said that I couldn't be there because I have piano lessons at 3 (which I've said all year). My teacher came out into the hall and asked me where I was going. I explained that I couldn't stay because first of all, I didn't know about it, and second, I had piano lessons. She does the big sigh and almost rolls her eyes (the teacher fashion). She tells me that it was "on the board". Since when do we have a PLO on the board about clarinet choir? When am I even in her room to check? I was so ticked off! I mean, I show up at every practice and and now I'm the bad one because I've got another music lesson? I talked to my sister Alex and she said that she didn't think the PLO was even there yesterday. I certainly didn't see it (mind you, I didn't look either) and I don't ever remember hearing it even mentioned. But everyone else knew so I'm kind of wondering. Although, Hilary is in Jazz Band and Brittany went in Tuesday to see her, so she could've told them then and then Brittany passed it on to Emily. Could've happened. It would make the most sense. 

So that's enough of my ranting. I've got to go cool down with some math homework and if I'm brave (and can hear myself over the jack hammer in the basement as my dad and his friend start digging out the wall), maybe some clarinet practice.