I Need Hot Water! That's Who!!

What a mess...

But what a beautiful outcome!

Ok, so, yesterday this super young guy drives up the driveway in the most beautiful sight I've ever seen: a plumber truck.

He comes in and I describe the situation (as I knew it). He just kind of looks at me, then the water heater and mutters "ok, I'll take care of it." He began fiddling, tools were slung, "Ma'am's" were hollered.

Then, the news "Ma'am, did you know your water heater has been leaking...? And for quite a while...? See this HUGE rusty spot at the bottom...? This thing needs to be replaced, its from 1992. I'll be back."

WHAT?! Rust?! Leaking?! AND electrical issues... yippy.... ugh.

No joke, 15 minutes after he leaves my home warranty company calls "Hello, I'm from Old Republic, just calling to let you know you're water heater needs to be replaced, and we've approved it. The work should be done by end of business today."

YES! WOOT! YIPPY! YYYYAAAAAAYYYYYY!

The same young guy comes back a while later, tinkers some more, and BAM! Our shiny new water heater is installed! I can almost feeellllll the hot water showering over me. Awwww...

POP!!! FLASH!! Burnt electrical smell....

Dammit....

Luckily, the plumber guy was still there... he look annoyed... then got on the phone with his boss and all I hear is "I don't know! I'm not an electrician?! What!? Fine, I'll look... I'm not an electrician!"

20 minutes later... young guy says "you need to call your home warranty people and get an electrician. Burnt wires... mumble mumble"

Dammit....

Luckily, Old Republic rocks and puts another work order through, almost no questions asked.

However... we don't hear from the electrician company that night...

Another night of no hot water. Ugh.

The company was hard to get a hold of... but I cornered them at 8:45 this morning, and by "cornered," I mean I sounded ultra-pathetic, "its been three days... we haven't had hot water... you're the second set of people... woah is me... my parents are coming... please help... you're my last and only hope... whoa whoa.."

Needless to say, a guy showed up 30 minutes later, on his way to another job, fixed the electrical problem, and was on his way. And you know what that means:

WE HAVE HOT WATER!!!!

Ohhhhh the trials and tribulations. But, I still love this house. Like, a lot.