This has been the week of “if it can go wrong, it will.”
Tuesday morning I woke up with a sore throat at 6 a.m. By 7:30, the time I generally leave for work, I was so dizzy and feverish that I knew driving a half hour wouldn’t be an option. By 2 p.m., my fever had soared to 103, and I was just barely able to walk down the hall to the bathroom. That was not a good day, and I’m feeling only a little better today, two days later.
Then, last night at 9:12 p.m., my doorbell rang several times, followed by an insistent knocking. Because I didn’t have my boot on, I couldn’t make it to the door in time, so I sent Donna. She opened the door to my downstairs neighbor, who was frantic: “We have a real emergency here. Our laundry room is flooding.” I didn’t quite follow the train of thought right away, though after a brief investigation it became clear that our hot water heater was the problem: leaking from the cold water pipe at the top. Ugh.
I called PSE&G at 9:30, who assured me they would have a technician out shortly. At 11:45, there was still no technician, and I was unable to get hold of a live person, so we called a local plumber. He arrived within 45 minutes, shut off the water and wrote up an estimate within 20 minutes.
Now I have the unenviable task of telling my landlord it’s going to cost her $1500, all told, to have the thing replaced. Ugh.
I didn’t get to sleep until well after 2 a.m., and I woke up with a jolt at 5 a.m. I have no idea why I’m still awake (It’s 8 now).
P.S. – When I called PSE&G this morning to find out what happened last night, the “customer service rep” told me that the appointment was rescheduled for today because a tech couldn’t get here by midnight. I told her the tech was no longer needed, as I had the problem addressed last night and she hung up on me. Great service, eh?
oh girl! on the bright side, at least you don’t have to pay for the new water heater, right?
oh girl! on the bright side, at least you don’t have to pay for the new water heater, right?