Murphy's Law
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Date: 24 November 2006 03:44:58
and I quote from wikipedia:
[things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance. "If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way." It is most often cited as "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong" (or, alternately, "Anything that can go wrong, will").]
on that note, you wonder what the problem was that involved Murphy's Law? well... i stayed up very late to prepare the stuffing, potatoes, cranberry relish, etc. and woke up early to finish preparing... made some bread in the oven, finished up a few things - go me.
was getting things done! crossed off my list! time to get the turkey in the oven! I was brave, washed the bird, preheated the gas oven, got things all set, picked up the turkey to put into oven, opened oven door, put turkey in oven... noticed oven was cool. hmmmm. that's interesting. i had turned it on about 15 minutes prior, and was smelling gas fumes.
uh-oh.
pilot light must be out. rats.
classic - it's sitcom material, really.
called mom, spoke to brother (in town for holiday) who both encouraged me to call the gas company. tried to light it myself (taped a clothes pin to a wooden spoon w/ long handle... so it could hold a match as i tried to light the oven's pilot light...) tried and tried and tried... then realized i wasn't being successful.
called gas company. no, don't try to light it yourself. we don't have anyone working today, you'll need to call back tomorrow. extremely unhelpful. even if she did know how to relight the pilot light, she wouldn't tell me - for liability purposes. thanks.
um, i have guests coming in 3 hours for a turkey dinner. i don't think serving all the trimmings w/o the turkey would have gone over well.
decided that panicing would not help the situation, although crying would have been allowed, seeing as the hostess supplies the turkey, it takes a great deal of time to cook, and it's the traditional protein for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
...talked to my little brother again. he listened while i tried the clothes pin thing a few more times.... and suddenly - i saw light! whooo-hoo! pilot light relit! only an hour behind schedule! whooooooooo-hoo!
so called guests, told them of the schedule change... which gave me a bit of extra time to grab a shower and prepare last minute details... i took some photos of the dinner table.... set and pretty, then with the food... and with my guests. my first thanksgiving in my own home :)
[sigh of relief]
turkey turned out great! perfect, in fact. the food was amazing - the guests each brought some dishes, too... so we had pleanty of food... i'm thinking i have food for at least a week in my refrigerator. that's significant, since sometimes i forget to go to the grocery store and/or eat :)
my friend and her parents and i played a game of cards... got dinner on the table... enjoyed good conversation... had some dessert... played another game of cards... and now the kitchen is almost clean, and i'm exhausted. ...everyone wanted to take some leftovers home... that's a compliment :)
it's almost time for bed. ...it's traditional, since most people have the Friday after Thanksgiving off from work, to go shopping... they call it "black Friday" since it starts the holiday shopping season (i'm almost done - just a few more things here and there). i'm meeting some friends at 7:30 at a local coffee shop, then we'll start shopping (although we won't make a whole day of it... just a few stores this year.)
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I thought this was interesting... and it's so true (for me)!
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