What a frustrating day it has been! I spent THREE hours this morning calling a hot water heater company to get a part replaced under warranty. Suffice it to say, they did not want to cover it under the warranty but eventually did when I jumped through enough hoops. I thought it would save my daughter and son-in-law a bunch of money and, maybe it did, but the plumber is charging an arm and a leg to do the labor. What is a mother-in-law to do? The grands and I have been without hot water for four days and the parents return tomorrow. This had to get done, folks!
The grands have learned some valuable lessons the last four days:
1. Having running hot and cold water inside the house is a luxury.
2. You can get clean in four inches of bath water.
3. Do whatever you have to do to solve the problem.
I am a "Get 'ur done," problem-solving type person but I must admit I was ready to throw in the towel, a dirty, can't do any laundry towel, this morning. The American Hot Water Heater Company of Johnson City, Tennessee, almost broke me. I had all these wonderful plans of things to do while I was visiting this week -- visiting friends, making meals, sewing, reading, etc. etc. My time has been consumed with solving the hot water heater problem and doing stupid sixth grade Science homework. It's all good. It's like I told Turner last night while we were both working on his two hours of Science homework, "In a month this will all be history." In about 48 hours I will be back home with my snuggle bunny, sleeping in my own bed and missing my grandbabies. Time is on my side.
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