posts from 2020 / 11 / 17

1. Obama chuckled, you mean there’s front page?

2. boiler went kablooie, check common stairwell behind our unit: downstairs hall has an inch of standing water

   go back to the front of the unit and find the big blue shut off valve for the entire building, it turns with no problem, so I shut off the mains

   gushing roar subsides

3. partner gets home from night shift job at hospital: sorry no hot water. also I think I ruined the apartment

   partner: you should go check out the garage it’s loud

   go out in the garage, mech closet for building sounds like a fire hydrant is open

   FUCK YES! NOT MY FAULT!

4. our two year old follows, oh no! his onesie feet are now soaked, go change him

   looks like a half inch of water across this entire back wall and towards the wall I mounted a tv on a few weeks ago. oh no! worry, guilt, fear get stronger. did I drill into a hot water pvc? fuck fuck

5. better wash this pan. huh, no hot water? weird

   walk across the hall from the kitchen to the opposite side of the unit in the (dark) bedroom and back toward the bathroom to check the hot water there

   whoops, the bathroom floor in here is wet too? what the hell? flipped on lights

6. made my kid breakfast, wrung the towels out again, wow, so much water

   dragged the entire fridge out (oof), the back is dry. so much water! run upstairs, get a beach towel, throw that down

   was it the dishwasher? empty it, clean kitchen

7. woke up to find a puddle in front of the stove and fridge in the new place, tossed a few kitchen towels on it

   I defrosted the ice maker in the fridge after we moved in, did I break it? oh no! worry, guilt, fear starts to set in

   the towels are sopping, wrung them out