Saturday, September 6, 2008

You Don't Know What You've Got 'Till It's Gone


Tuesday night, as we were getting ready to turn in, Sue noticed that the hot water wasn't really that hot. I checked the hot water heater and, sure enough, the pilot light was out. I went through the steps to re-light it twice, but no luck. I tried it again the next morning, then called a repair company. They couldn't come until Thursday morning, and then we found out that it needed a part that could only be ordered from Whirlpool. I called, ordered the part (no charge because it was still under warranty) and paid $15 to have it shipped overnight. When it arrived, I called the repair guys again and they couldn't come back until 10:00 on Monday.

So, cold showers have been the normal for us. Sue is going to heat some water on the stove to help with doing dishes, since we can't use the dishwasher. We may have to do a cold water load of laundry. Monday can't get here soon enough.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bummer...sorry for your misfortune. Could you hook up the RV somehow to take a shower in there?

Kris

Bill said...

We thought about that, but it's more trouble than it's worth. We should be ok by tomorrow afternoon.