Wednesday, March 11, 2026
“It won’t turn off!”
“What won’t turn off?”
“The bathroom fan.
“That’s okay. We have a man for that.” (But he was gone picking up Donna)
“But it smells like burning. It’s smoking!!”
Ohhhh. “Turn off the power part thing in the basement.” (I am excellent with specifics)
“I don’t know where it is, which one it is.”
“Call David.” (He was coming in a few minutes anyway)
“I don’t know his number.” She gave me the house phone.
“I don’t know his number.” She gave me her cell phone.
“I can’t open your phone.” But she was already going down the stairs. I found my phone and called David.
“Hi. The bathroom fan won’t turn off, and it smells hot, and it might be on fire. Can you come over?”
Pause. “Sure.”
The fan went off. The power thing was apparently labeled and the first one she saw.
David came. Keith and Donna came. No one smelled anything. They turned the power part thing in the basement back on and it worked okay. The switch has been temperamental for about 30 years (not exaggerating). Keith went to Ace and got a replacement. All is well. We were pretty calm, sort of, for the most part, almost.
[Editor (Keith): “power part thing” = “circuit breaker”]
Then we all went for lunch at the 5 O’clock Club, my new favorite Waukesha area restaurant. Keith and I had the fish fry that they have every day, not just on Fridays. Some people got a cup of soup, and it was served with croutons instead of crackers. I am blown away with how much I think that is an EXCELLENT idea. So good. I have never seen it before. Everyone should do that.
David got a Reuben sammich, the special, and it did not come with French fries. (It should have, because a lady at another table got french fries) He didn’t care because he doesn’t eat French fries. I didn’t know this about him, and I am a little concerned. It seems healthy and all, but still just wrong. Donna gave him three fries. She had a good chicken sammich. Nancy ordered a chicken Caesar salad and got a good salad with eggs and onions and olives and fruit (grapes and pineapple and ?) and a not creamy dressing. She said it was good, but Not a Caesar. We looked it up on the menu. Not only was it exactly as it was described, but the picture may actually have been her salad. Different but good.
I wonder what these people are doing? I know it was so funny I took out my phone for a picture. Now I do not remember.
I took a nap on the couch. One doesn’t stay napping when Yahtzee is happening, especially not when someone gets TWO YAHTZEES in one game. Woooohooooo! We played the card game Escape after Michael arrived (working man). I really like that game.
The flavor was Heath Bar at Kopps, so we finished our night (and theirs – they turned the lights out as we left) with cones. It was caramel something custard in addition to having all the Heath bars crunched up in it. So much better than expected!!
