Agh!

So I go to bed at 3AM only to be woken at 4:30 by TMF who had gotten up to use the bathroom and found out that our water heater apparently decided to die in a messy way all over the bathroom floor. We're not sure if something's loose in the connections or if the whole thing is dead. TMF can look....when he wakes up and regains a modicum of coherence, but until then, we have no water in the house at all.

I called my parents house, to see if we could shower there today and tomorrow, and if to beg money for a new water heater if required and got no answer.

I called the next door neighbor to ask the same thing about the shower and toilet situation but she's at work and I don't know when she'll call me back.

Not a super day today.

The highlight of my day? Being able to flush the toilet!

Thanks to TMF's plumbing skills we have water again, but no water heater. But we have a toilet!

I managed to do a cold wash on the dishes so nothing gets too nasty. Went ahead and set the stock pot out to boil water so we can wash them in hot water later. Part of me is tempted to take them to Mom's tomorrow and run them through her dishwasher.

Next door neighbor has freely offered her shower for our use. Aunt Ila Mae is in the hospital right now and has offered her house to us to stay if we need.

There's a fan in the bathroom, blowing into the water closet. I hope it dries things out a bit better.

TMF is going price hunting on water heaters this afternoon. Hopefully we can find one that will fit. The closet isn't the issue. Apparently, water heaters have gotten taller. With our set up, it may require some creative plumbing to get the water pipes to fit.