Water Issues

Jennifer asked us to house sit and stay with Jack while they took grandson, Ben,
to college at Brown University in Rhode Island.  We looked forward to a change
and the opportunity to spend more time with Jack.

On the morning they left, Jennifer called and told us the water heater started
leaking badly and they had to shut it off.  We volunteered to coordinate the
installation of a new water heater with their plumber while they were away.
But it was Labor Day weekend, and the plumber couldn’t install the new
water heater until Tuesday.  

After a night without hot water, we decided to go back to our home for the
night.  Jack took a bath in our walk-in tub, but when he finished, the
water for the tub wouldn’t shut off.  I couldn’t find a shut-off valve
for the tub, so I turned the water off to the house. I would turn it on
again when we needed to do laundry or fill the toilet tanks.

The next three days we alternated between houses, carrying food
back and forth, showering at our house, enjoying cold water
all the time at Jennifer’s.  

We were dead tired by the time the water heater at Jennifer’s
was installed and she and Peter returned home.  Then the next
day, our tub was repaired and a shut-off valve was installed for
the tub. What a relief.

While the house sitting didn’t go as we expected, we did have
quality time with Jack.  He even went with me to fly my model
airplane, and he flew it perfectly and seemed to enjoy it.

I’m now going to turn the kitchen faucet on and off just
because I can.

Seasoned Man

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