Well...I do!
I can now admit that I couldn't imagine living in a time where you didn't have running water in your house...especially with kids.
Woke up Sunday morning to big man yell...yes yelling at 6:36am...."MOMMY WE HAVE NO WATER"
So after shhhhhhhing him I told him to use the antibacterial gel and go back to bed. It's 6:36 after all
But if course, I laid there and wondered...why don't we have water? It's not cold, we have hydro, maybe it's a park issue (sorry wishes it was a park issue).
By 7:30 I couldn't wait any longer. I got up, check the taps sure enough nothing...no drip, no trickle, no gurgle ... Nothing. Enter a specifics 4 letter word that starts with "f"
Outside I go, check my extension cord....plugged in...check that the plug wasn't reset (seeing as we were hammered with snow 2 days prior...nope not that...so back in I go. My one neighbour was sleeping still the others were gone...so I sit an wait....and wait and wait.
Neighbour comes home, big man runs over...they have water ...grrrrr
So seeing as its Sunday, I have to work, and we have no water...we pack up and go to my parents It's was a relatively nice day (for February) and maybe just maybe when we get home we will have water
Well we get home at 7pm.... Still no water....enter that 4 letter word again!
So now what? Do I pack all the kids up and go back to my parents...as well as lunch and school stuff or wait out the night here and hope for something
We waited it out, I called my dad (again) told him, he said he would come over in the morning and have a look ...yes once again I had to go running to my daddy to help me.
See the big down fall of owning a mobile home, is the fact that no one likes to work on them...especially in Ontario where I live...they aren't as common as they are in the USA, heck most people don't even realize they still exist in some parts of Canada.
So today I get up, fingers crossed that I would have water...nope, and the best part...we had freezing rain last night so on top of the 2 ft of snow we know have 2 inches of ice. PERFECT!
Dad comes over, rechecks everything I did, takes some siding off, heat tape is warm!, the outlet has power!, the main line has a trickle of water! Most would be very excited...no me
This now means I have to take all my siding offs the side of my house so that we can see the pips and chances are replace the heat tape...again...no big deal...except my dad works full time and the earliest he can do it is Friday. Oh and to boot, Friday is suppose to be -10 with snow!
So yes my life sucks, I have to pack up all 3 kids and go stay at my parents house till the weekend, but still drive 20mins each way to bring the kids home for the bus for school each day... But as some would say...it could be worse!
Oh did I mention that my van broke down last week too???
Happy Monday?!?!
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