The Glade 4.0

Okay, it started off okay, slept in, ate breakfast, got on the computer.

Katas called around noon, wanted to get together for dinner. Not a problem, I was just going to heat something up anyway. Spending some time with a friend sounded good.

Went to do laundry. After the first load was done I went to the bathroom to gather towels for the second load and there was water in the tub, in the shower, and the toilet was full.

Damn, called the plumber, was told he would be right over, within the hour - 57 minutes later he arrives. My house is old, it doesn't have a clean out in the sewer line. Looking at the options the cheapest the plumber was willing to do is to install a clean out line, and afterwards I would then have one. This is Easter, holiday pay. Its still pretty damn expensive. I okay it because I figure anyone I'm going to call is going to be gouging today.

He goes and gets the parts, Mrs. Katas shows up at my door. Knowing Katas I look around the corner and there he is. I was confused for only a brief second. She had called him up and suggested dinner, so he brought her on over. Fine, I like them both, but nothing bad happened there, we were all nice, civil, and a few jokes were told at Katas' expense, I was bad, but not horribly so.

But that is getting ahead of myself. Rather than all go out I couldn't really leave the house so they went over to a local upscale supermarket and got some sandwiches, apples and desert (yummy)

While they were gone the plumber nicked the nearby gas line, before it got to the house shutoff. Oops.

He reburied the line to slow down the leak and called PG&E my gas company. They called the West Sacramento Fire Department and very soon I had three huge firetrucks outside my house and was explaining to the neighbors that it was pretty much okay, just a small gas leak, but yes, I had to evacuate the house for now. Katas and the soon to be ex were soon back and we ate the sandwiches in their van while everyone worked at what they were supposed to be doing. No being idiots. Before long they had a temporary patch on and we could go in the house. Only a little residual smell of gas, not much. Now the Katas's are gone and I am waiting for PG&E to come put a better fix on the line (one of their guys is outside waiting in his car, getting out and checking gas levels every ten minutes or so.)

So, the sewer line still isn't fixed, the gas leak still isn't fixed but the crew has arrived and it will be fixed, sometime this evening. I can't turn lights on or off right now, which is the only activity to make a little spark that I might remotely do.

A little pissed, not happy.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

That does not sound like an awesome evening. *hugs* I hope everything gets fixed quickly and you get to have some rest.
I also hope no one else from Mississippi calls you and chats your ear off with nonsensical rambling.
Maybe you'll at least get everything taken care of before bedtime and get to read a chapter of a good book or something?
Sorry you are having a bad day!

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

My morning started out with a flat tire on the way to church. And it was right before the offramp from one major freeway to another, so there was nowhere to go.

Now there is a big hole in the street near the sidewalk. Apparently to turn the gas off they had to jackhammer out a large square so they can get to the valve. This neighborhood is 60 plus years old, and the codes were pretty lax back then.

I may not get much sleep tonight. Not that this is anything new.

I'm told the plumber is going to get a pretty big bill for all this, hope his insurance is paid up to date.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

I might have a broken ankle.

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"...but there exists also in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom." - De Tocqueville

Sounds like an "interesting" day, Micheal. Given the holiday, I expected some kind of family trauma. Glad it was nothing more than a potentially major catastrophe. Kind of curious to see how the plumber makes out.

Sorry to hear about your ankle, 'Mo.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Took half a day off from work, so someone could be here when the workers arrived. Apparently, I saved the plumbers job by not blowing up and demanding his head. He was grateful and did a couple of extra things around the house that needed doing. The owner of the company came out to look at the situation and see how much damage this did to their public image. As I understand it my house was on the news last night and this morning as a short OMG GAS LEAK, and someone lied and said it took about half an hour to fix.

Anyway, the sewer line is now clear, the plumbing company told me they would be happy to replace it because it has low points that are going to cause this to happen again ($6k), well maybe next time.

Gas has been patched and turned back on.

Last thing, and more time off tomorrow so I can wait for the city inspector to OK it and the plumber to come back and fill in the hole in my side yard.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Sheesh, what a nightmare!

Congrats on your 15 minutes, tho. Such as it is.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

Thank you Aethien.

Hope it all worked out okay Aegnor.

So, how is the ankle Elmarnieh?

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones