(Each day in March, a whole bunch of educators are writing Slices of Life — capturing the small moments. It is facilitated by Two Writing Teachers. You write, too.)
Some things we take for granted in life. Like, hot water.
Yesterday morning, we heard a loud noise in the basement as we took showers. “Just a cold pipe or something,” we told ourselves. “It will go away.”
It didn’t.
By night, when my wife was using some hot water and the noise seemed like some monster living in our basement, I finally grabbed a flashlight to get a closer look. The water heater was banging away on the wall and a small drip of water was coming off one of the hoses. The floor was wet. There was a faint smell of something electrical in the air.
Uh oh.
We unplugged the whole shebang, called the plumber (who promptly returned our call at 8 p.m. and is coming over today — we love our plumber!), and began to fret over the fix-it bill. This morning, I did a cold shave with freezing water — it reminded me of my time in the military, out in training in the woods, where the only water for shaving and cleaning was cold canteen water.
We’re roughing it this morning and hope the hot water is back by this evening …
Peace (and warmth),
Kevin
I bet the Ghostbusters would take longer to return your call. Good luck with a timely, budget-friendly fix!
GHOST BUSTERS!!!!!
Tuvia just had that happen. Good thing it wasn’t while we were away. Good luck friend.
Those “take for granted” things seem to fail us at the most inopportune times. Hope it’s a quick fix and not too expensive.
We really don’t know how important hot water is until it is gone. Not having my shower in the morning would ruin my day…it shouldn’t, but it would. Hopefully the ghostbusters have been exorcised. (And it was in your budget–if that’s even possible.)
The part is under warranty but is on order, so our plumber set up a temporary, small hot water heater. We’re telling our three boys: short showers!