Double Oh Shit!

So Handy Guy turned off the water yesterday without telling me (to be fair, I was in my room, taking a nap) and then had to leave it off overnight.

He showed up at 5:30 this morning to try to fix the shower, but instead got a shower of water in the face when he turned the water back on (Some of the welds were not holding). So he threw in the towel, so to speak, and called a plumber.

Right now, at a few minutes before noon, I have TWO expensive plumbers in my bathroom, trying to put this botched home repair right, and to top it off I have no water, no coffee (because of the no-water situation), and haven't had a shower for two days.

I also feel like shit--really, really tired, which I suspect is from coming down after the trip.

I just remembered the three quarts of water in my disaster preparedness kit--need to get those out, give water to the dogs, and make myself some coffee. Then I think I might go back to bed till I feel better.

Don't really want to be in bed with plumbers in the house, though, so maybe I'll just hang out on the couch till they finish.

I'm not mad at Handy Guy over this. He was trying to save me some money (oh, boy, be careful of taking shortcuts on home repairs, that's the lesson for the day), and originally we were just going to replace the fixtures--no pipes involved. I made a bad decision in telling him to go ahead while I was on the trip--I should have waited till I was home to give the whole problem more thought. After all, there is a second shower in the house ... can't use it now, of course, because the water to the whole dang house is turned off.

Good training for The Big One, I guess.

Coffee!

P.S. The birds seem fine, despite yesterday's welding fumes.

Read: Cancer Patient Disaster Preparedness

@ Jeanne Sather 2008.

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[jeanne]

Had a little quality time with the dogs in the backyard while drinking two cups of coffee, and I feel better. The sun is out--sunshine can cure most things, although maybe not cancer! I also called a friend and asked her to pick up a few groceries for me, since the cupboard is bare.

Plumbers are STILL working. Argh.

Jeanne