Thursday night Tom and I were discussing the age of our water heater. (Why do we southerners usually say "hot water heater". The heater doesn't need to heat water that is already hot, does it? Why not "cold water heater." Better yet, just plain ole "water heater".) Any who, back to our water heater. He asked me how old it was. I said I remember that we bought it in 2001 so it was 12 years old - sorta in its senior years of life. Tom stated that the water heater might last for years, months or days. Then we wished it a long life and moved on to another riveting subject.
Friday morning when I walked into the garage I saw water coming out of Tom's workroom. Yep, you guessed it. That darn water heater HEARD us talking last night and decided to call it quits. Water was standing everywhere in his workroom. I called Tom and he told me how to (hopefully) turn a valve and get the water stopped. Did not work. Thankfully, he was able to leave work early to help a distressed wife.
We had a grand ole time at the home improvement store choosing a water heater. Nothing is less exciting than spending $$$ on a stupid water heater. The sales associate said their "go-to guy" would be calling us Friday night to set up a time Saturday a.m. to assess what was needed for the job and then install the heater on Saturday afternoon. Guess who didn't call Friday night?
Saturday morning before 8am Tom drove back to the home improvement store to ask about it and to give our cell numbers. We were going to be at Aubrie's birthday party from 9:30 am - noon. We didn't want to miss his call. The sales associate tried to call the go-to guy but his number was busy. He assured us that he would get in touch with Mr. Go-To.
From 9:30 - noon neither Tom's cell nor mine rang. Things were not looking good for a hot bath tonight. When we returned home, we had not one but TWO messages. (1) from the go-to guy. He wanted us to call him b/c he needed to come assess the situation (grrrrrrr). (2) A lady from LOWE'S (there, I named the store) saying that if we wanted the installation, we'd better call back to set it up (double grrrrrr). Tom kept his cool and talked with the go-to guy who informed him that he was in our area this morning (triple grrrrr) but since it was now after lunch, he couldn't do the job until Monday (quadruple grrrrr!)
Tonight we went into the empty home of our friends (who are out of town) and had the most luxurious hot shower!! At least we'll smell good for church tomorrow.
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