hushed gray: the Kevin chronicles

Friday, November 16, 2007

And when the floodwaters had receded, then came a great drought...
But perhaps I should begin with yesterday, for yesterday it was that the water woes began. Yea, there was no warning of what was to come, no hint of what was about to befall my studio apartment.

When I got in from work yesterday, my focus was on having some dinner, and after depositing my belongings on a chair and the desk I headed into the kitchen where I stepped into a large puddle of water. Now, besides the fact that your parents tell you not to jump in the puddles, there generally shouldn't be puddles in the kitchen floor anyway. I immediately became curious about from whence the puddle originated, and thus began my quest for answers.

I traced the puddle of water into the bathroom and around the end of the counter, at which point I wondered if my commode was leaking. But then I noticed a sheet of water completely covering the counter, which is obviously above toilet level...and if the toilet did that then it had worse problems than a little leak. Then I spotted the two rivulets of water emitting from the base of the light switch plate, and I decided I was fortunate I hadn't fried myself by switching on the bathroom light.

These two rivulets of water led me to conclude fairly rapidly that the flood had in all likelihood issued forth from the water heater, which is located in the attic crawl space. I therefore sallied forth (not to be confused with Sally Forth--and it's not nearly so feminine as it sounds, look it up) to rouse the apartment complex manager who came to have a look-see. As the water heater was not visibly leaking he said he'd have someone come look at it this morning, at which time I was of course gone to work.

I can only presume that the water heater met an untimely end, for the following is excerpted from a note that I upon returning from work today found on my bed:

"Here is a key for apartment #[number and details redacted for security].... If you need to take a shower this weekend you can use this apartment. You have water, but not hot water. We will have a new water heater Monday...."

In summary, tomorrow morning I'll be taking the Scandinavian sauna approach: dashing through the chilly early-morning air--tonight's low is supposed to be in the 30's--taking advantage of a hot shower and shave, and then dashing back through the chilly early-morning air to finish getting ready for church. In short, it's going to be an adventure.

And with that, my friends, I'm off to cook some frozen chicken for dinner. Farewell and goodnight.

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