aMANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am in plumbing hell. This morning I there was no HOT water even, just this tiny trickle of cold water. I knew this was gonna be bad somehow so I bathed in it!!!!!!!!!!!! It was like bathing in the smallest mountain stream of all time. But I was like, "This is all the water I HAVE." I even washed my hair.
That was so energizing that I was like, "Too bad, this" and decided plumbers deal with poop all day so they could just darn well see me do yoga and live with it. My one concession was a bra. The rest of me was decent but I think it's wrong to flaunt nipples... well anytime really. Unless I will get cash for so doing. I did not want to find out.
So, that was okay only the arrived on time (Douglas is weirdly efficient) and so they were distracting asking questions like "where is the meter?" and me saying stuff like, "I don't know/there is a meter/you could call the landlord" etc. So that was annoying so I tried to stay out of their way which meant "new yoga areas" which is always hazardous. So, I hit my foot REALLY hard on a rocking chair coming out of a headstand.
I broke my pinkie toe, pretty sure, The last time I did that (in my 20s) I went to the doctor and he taped it up and the gave me opiates, because that is how it was back then, you could just tell a doc you sort of imagined a headache, like you thought about it a few times a month and your doc would be "Here's a month's supply of Percocet." Those were the days. Anyway the opiate were quite nice and like, well, THIS time I just taped my damn toe to my other toe but I didn't have medical tape so I used electrical tape. I did not even like, take an advil.
I get more like my beloved Appalachia, all the damn time.
SO we have a water main break. It's been exciting! It's been terrifying! They had no idea where the meter even WAS only coincidentally the City of Douglas rep showed up to let me know he was "turning off my meter" and I was like "Quick go help my plumber" and he DID and it took the 1/2 hour because we "possess'" two empty lots and for some crazy reason, it's in the FAR empty lot the one that actually has a separate fence and everything!!!
If I lose a whole day of work I will be ....... But, they have finally found the leak, and like they seem happy. They were talking about having all the other utilities come and they flag stuff and then randomly digging.
I think they may have done that already but like ,IDK. Because Southwest gas called (I overheard) they were just trying to keep it on the down low I think. BUT a fire department truck was like OUT there, talking to them.
I'm trying not to "See too much" but like holy goodness OUR HOUSE.
Oh then they have to "Blow out by raising the pressure" ALL the dirt that is now lodged in ALL the pipes. That could potentially cause MORE leaks and also, I JUST CLEANED EVERYTHING.
I am not the tiniest bit happy right now. I also feel bad for them because our gates are padlocked (apparently) and I fo sho do not have a key. They are having to walk 3/4 of a rectangle with tools all the time and our yards are (pretty, useless, pretty though) but BIG.
IDK.
Jesus. The husband keeps texting me fervent thank yous.
If I don't get to work today, the landlord is deducting a day's pay from my rent. HE did not even know where anything was and he OWNS the house.
Perhaps I will give him a few days to get over the sticker shock of this, IDK. He's paying though.
LOL.
The weird thing is the toilets work. My toilet has worked the ENTIRE time, and sometimes not in the kind of time frame you'd expect based on the water in the pipes.
I am so glad I am not a plumber. LOL.
Anna
In any case, I feel bad for them they are hav