I have been home from my trip a month and a day and I have had one house emergency after another, especially in the last 10 days. First the faucet in the upstairs bathroom blew out, requiring a new aerator as soon as possible. I went to Lowe’s, Ferguson's and Ace to find a replacement. None of them could help me. Tom came to the rescue once again and ordered a new part from Amazon. Technically, it fits but it doesn't quite work like the orginal. There is no way to adjust the volume of water or access hot water. I may have to replace the entire faucet as I actually like hot water, especially in the morning.
Then one of the three recessed lights in the same bathroom went out. I drove to Batteries Plus twice and Lowe's once before I found the right light bulbs. All of which took far too long due to some exasperating road construction on Moreland Ave.
That’s 6 trips to a hardware store in case you’re counting.
I realized that the wheat grinder in the pantry stopped working just as I got ready to make cornbread, groan. However, I found the instructions behind the grinder and was able to Fix.It.Myself. OMG, I know!
The freezer in the pantry has been leaking water for quite a while. The inside of the freezer looks like a miniature glacier. We had the exact same problem with the refrigerator (they are both the same brand) a few years ago during the pandemic but Charlie was able to fix it. I need someone to help me with this, I can’t let it go on too much longer as it is getting harder to close the freezer door.
The tire gauge light for the Mercedes tells me that I need to adjust the pressure on three tires. Do I know how to do that? Nope.
For some time, my phone has been going to voice mail after two rings. It’s fine for spam callers but not for friends and family. I went to ATT. The technician who looked to be all of 12 years old, said it needed an IOS something or other to “fix the glitches.” He went to Settings, pressed a few keys, upgraded the system and went out to pick up lunch. He came back a few minutes later, restarted my phone and like magic, it was fixed. I wanted to kiss him. Or hug him. Or something.
The house alarm system announced that the motion sensors needed new batteries. Miles was here then so he got out the ladder and changed the batteries.
The power went out for most of the afternoon yesterday. Why I don’t know. If I had known, I would have stayed home and defrosted the freezer. Instead I had been out most of the afternoon trying to negotiate a Christmas gift for a family member. Mission sort of accomplished. It’s not exactly what I wanted the gift to look like but it will have to do.
Also I have no heat. Yes, I am cold. The HVAC guy is coming on Wednesday. I think I can manage until then.
After exercise this morning, I went to Summerhill to run an errand. It was close to lunch time so I went to Woods Chapel BBQ for a sandwich. But mostly I wanted a quart or a gallon of their divine potato salad. It’s the BEST! So they discontinued it! I was soooo disappointed and told them they need to bring it back ASAP and get rid of their cole slaw which is awful.
As I was about to enter Woods Chapel, a nice man rushed over to open the door for me. We stood in line to place our order and had a perfunctory conversation about the menu. When I placed my order, he whipped out his credit card and paid for it before I could. I objected and he said don’t worry I won’t ask for your phone number or anything. I couldn’t believe it. I said are you going to get in trouble with your wife about this? He said oh no, she trusts me totally. I said, well then can I at least have your name? Tony.
Thanks, Tony for your act of kindness. You will never know what it meant to me.