Tuesday April 20, 2004
Sleep beats Posting To Web, too. There were two days' worth of dishes piled up in the sink last night. I shuddered at the prospect of waking up to them, so I heated water and washed them. By the time I was finished it was well past a civilized hour for retiring.
I'll get it done today. Honest.
No new hot water heater has arrived yet. I think the old one may be possessed, though. All morning the water from the hot water taps has been tepid at best. A few minutes ago I found the water is now warm and getting warmer. I thought perhaps the deed was done stealthily at the crack of dawn or at least before I got up and removed my earplugs. A quick check of the utility room confirms that there is nothing new there. So, why then did the tank decide to behave? Or more to the point, why does it randomly stop and then start on its own?
I don't know enough about gas powered water heaters to invalidate my intuition that it has something to do with the ancient electrical wiring. More likely: there's a switch that gets toggled without anyone knowing it controls the water heater. Maybe because it also controls something else.
Could be that this house of cards is about to fall down around our ears. If you don't hear from me in a couple of days send a search party.
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