OMG, so much can happen in two days. J and I flew out on Sunday to Reno… yup, first time flying into that airport for a quick trip to Tahoe. Super easy flight. I just need it to be from SJC instead of OAK. Baby steps though. Besides that, J and I always think that we’re outsmarting people by hitting up destinations off-season, and then we show up and everything is fucking closed for construction or renovation or transition or whatever. I mean, the peace and quiet is awesome and definitely, no crowds, but man, all the historic sites and tours shut down at the end of September. So really, we just missed it by a few days.

Nonetheless, we had a great time taking in the landscape and hitting up historic homes. Even if we couldn’t go inside the lake estates, as they are called, the grounds by the lake were stunning. We kinda took things easy after settling in the first night. The temps got cold real fast though once the sun went down. And it started flurrying. Since it was the first snow of the season, people at Heavenly went bonkers. I was really hoping the precipitation would stop, but it didn’t. The next morning, the snow had actually stuck!

All in all, we had a fun little getaway… we were trying this new dog sitter and I wasn’t getting too many updates from her. When I checked our cams, no activity. She finally replied and said all was fine, she just conked out. Ok. Meanwhile, we ate gross food (Tahoe really needs to step up the food options) and then attended a magic show. There was a super cute magic theater venue right there in the village. J even got called up to the tiny stage. Haha. A pretty good show but dang, those magicians are super amped up!! His finale was killer, and then he also turned us on to a bunch of magic-theater venues throughout the country. Turns out there’s one in Martinez!! Yup, so now I have another 5 venues to add to the bucket list.

We returned home this evening and Marty looked well. He’s had great appetite and walked without issue. Then I find a note on the counter from the sitter: basically, our plumbing went out and both bathrooms plus the hallway (washer/dryer) flooded when she tried to wash his doggie towels. She was very apologetic like it was her fault (she couldn’t remember if maybe I had instructed her not to use the washer). Oh, no!! The water was all mopped up and then all the wet towels were in the tub. I’m glad she cleaned everything but um, why didn’t she contact me??? Something similar happened almost 4 years ago when I was home, but still, this is just one of those “shit happens” incidents. Anyway, thank god the plumber is coming tomorrow and yeah, I felt bad for the sitter’s inconvenience…

Just now, it’s 11pm and I receive a text from her saying that the plumbing issue made for a bad experience and she’s allergic to something in the house. She can’t sit Marty for Taiwan. UGH!!! That’s fine. I reply that I’m glad she watched him, he looks good, and sorry for the trouble. BUT it would have been nice for her to keep me posted so I could call the plumber right away!!!

So now, we’re back from our trip, I’ve got a huge pile of wet stuff and no shower. Hopefully, the plumber will bust the blockage tomorrow… But things are gonna be crazy from here on out. Tessa is coming tomorrow for five days. And I just got invited by one of the realtors I met  LinkAges to attend an all-day real estate event on Thursday. And my test is Tuesday. I’ve just reached out to two more potential sitters on Rover tonight. I’m meeting one tomorrow.

Fuck man, not having care for Marty is like one of the most stressful things ever. But shit happens. We’ll figure it out.[FAG id=7486]