One way, or another...I'm gonna find ya...I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha

Back in April, we had a huge septic tank problem that left us with standing water (among other "stuff") in our basement.

Not long after that, my car window motor broke, leaving my window down in my door, forcing me to tape my window shut to avoid standing water in my car.

Then in August what I thought was a leaky water heater* turned out to be a piece of paper blocking a drainage tube in our AC unit....leaving standing water in our basement.

Now, we have a pipe between the basement and the main floor of our house with a leak. The leak is coming through the ceiling in the basement. As a result, we have stan....well, you know.

CAN WE NOT HAVE FIVE F'ING MINUTES GO BY WITHOUT SOMETHING GOING WRONG WITH OUR HOUSE?

In addition to the leak, we also have a yard that has so many high and low spots that it looks like a dirt bike track (this is due to the aforementioned septic problem), a section of our driveway that has been raised a good three to four inches higher than the rest (this is due likely to a big root growing under that section), and about a hundred small repairs that need to be done throughout the house.

They say that location, location, location is the key to a good house, but I disagree. I love the location of our house. It's just all the other crap that's ruining this for me.

*I used the phrase "Water Heater", rather then "Hot Water Heater" because there is no such thing as a hot water heater. It would be stupid to heat water that's already hot.

I'm no linguist...

There is something I have wondered about for a few years...I could probably look it up somewhere, but then I wouldn't have this sweet blog post.

I'm not sure where all of the months got their names, nor is it something that I'm really all that interested in, to be honest with you. What bugs me, however, are names of the last four months of the year (September, October, Novemer, and December, for those of you who don't have the months down yet).

The prefixes of the aforementioned months are generally associated with numbers...Sept meaning seven, Oct meaning eight, Nov meaning nine, and Dec meaning ten. I would imagine that this is derived from Latin, but if you read the title of this entry, you'll note that I am, in fact, no linguist. We all know, however, that September through December are months nine through twelve. This would lead me to believe that at one point, those months were the seventh through tenth months.

Is this true? At some point were two months added to complete the calender we all know and love today? If so, then what were two months that were added? If that is not the case, then why to those four months have misleading names?

Just wondering.