Water, water, everywhere.

Well, it has finally occurred. The "glitch," the "inconvenience," the "malfunction." or the "holy $%&#*!" Last evening, "G" noticed water on the bathroom floor near the washer/dryer unit. His first thought was that the washer hose had leaked, but after a careful inspection and finding even more water under the adjacent vanity, he concluded that the leak was coming from the water heater area.

Well, it turned out to be a perfect storm, because, as luck would have it, the weather was in the 20's, it was 10:30 at night and "G" needed to fix this issue from outside. Once bundled up and braving the cold, he found water leaking from the hot water heater area, down into the last storage bay, which is just under the wiring for the hot water heater. Just yesterday, "G" attempted to fix the electric hot water heating element that had quit working again! Although we were scheduled to have it repaired in New Jersey on December 1st, he attempted to change out the element himself with the hopes of "making it out of Dodge" sooner due to the predicted continuance of cold temperatures.

Well, he found that the seal on the new element was damaged, thus causing the leak. It could have been a faulty element, or my Superman tightened the bolt too much, but either way, water spurt out all over him when he changed out the new element for the old. Now, if this was a job I had done, the old element would have been in the trash, but "G" had it close at hand and used it as a stop-gap in the meantime. Poor "G," cold, tired and wet from a gush of water, finally came in to call it a night. Unfortuante for "G", I had a night of dreams and talking in my sleep, which kept him awake for a portion of the night. He reported that I talked about "putting rocks into a wheelbarrow" and snored most of the night, as if I had put in a hard day's work.  LOL

Today, turned out to be another cold, damp day, and "G" spent most of it futzing with the hot water heater and a couple of suspicious-looking wires. At 2 pm, after some re-wiring and a lot of patience, we had hot water from our old heating element! Go "G," go!!! He discovered fried wires that he snipped and spliced and got us up and running on electric power once again.  Hooray! We can save some propane!

I was able to pull a bit of my weight by helping with the dumping of the black tank. It made me feel somewhat useful in the face of all of "G's" accomplishments and hard work.

Even though it wasn't a great day to walk, I observed quite a few people braving the elements, and decided that a nice walk was in order. I accomplished just a mile, but at least I got myself out and about. Yesterday was spent mostly inside cooking up a batch of wickedly-good chicken soup. My motto has been cook some, eat some and freeze some. I want to have a nice stash on hand for when we hit the road.

Here are a couple of pictures of the day.

Mr. Patience.

The "scene of the crime"

"G's" water hose insulation job!

Still smiling after a tough day.

A view from the top of the hill. Looking east at the Hudson River

Feeling as though I was on top of the world.

Deep thought for the day: Totally unrelated to the events here at the park..."We are all victims or heroes of the consequences of life's choices. Try to make the best choices as often as possible and when you don't, remember to love yourself in spite of your human imperfections."  vc