Good Morning, Monday. How's It Going?
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shannon_aI. We Have No Water
Our water system sprang a leak yesterday morning right where it comes off the street. Not a gushing geyser, but enough to start saturating the ground and filling the water meter. (Our neighbor noticed the former while we were out at my folks' house yesterday.)
So, our water is turned off at the cutoff on the street. (Our delightful neighbor not only did so while we were out, but also drew a picture in three parts of how to turn it back on!)
It's amazing how inconvenient that is! I came into the house with dinner last night, and as I have since long before COVID, I immediately went to the sink to wash my hands. Yep, no water. Brushing teeth is equally annoying. And that's all not even speaking of the lack of showering and toilet tanks not refilling.
Fortunately, we do have water in our water cooler (I hope it lasts until we get into town today!), and I can turn on the water at the street for two minutes to refill the toilet tanks.
Kimberly is calling the plumbing company that does all the radio advertising at 8am when they open. (They of course weren't open yesterday.)
II. We Have No ABS
Meanwhile, Julie's ABS system went out again last week. It went out in December and we replaced the right rear wheel sensor in January. And now ... who knows?
I called them last week and they never returned my call. So they're on my call list again for today. But I can't call too close to their 8.30am open time or I might go to voicemail, and then I get stuck back in the do-I-wait-for-their-call-or-do-I-call-again loop.
That'll be another day or two stuck in Lihue once I finally do get in contact with them.
III. We Have No Deck
Just recounting our current deficiencies, we also still have five rows of board on our lanai missing. Work stopped around two months ago because my folks had a house free up that hadn't been unoccupied since they moved out here, and it was in *horrible* shape. So they spent much of a month and a half out there almost every day, and I even spent a few Saturdays out there.
Anyway, done now, and my dad and I are going to look at the lanai again this Thursday. We've got all the old, rotten boards out, the area cleaned up, and the new boards all primed. Next up we need to trim those boards to the right sizes, screw them into the deck, and then paint. I'm hoping we're done with that this week and next.
IV. We Have No Windows
The temperature is starting to come up, and the sun is coming out, after four gray months or so, and we still can't open half the windows downstairs.
That's thanks to Mango, who made two escapes by pulling the screens out of the windows on the upper side of our house.
We actually have new jalousie windows on order for that side of the house, which we think will resolve the problem. We had to pay quite an exorbitant price on them, but they were a major stressor, so it will have been worth it. They're being manufactured right now, so we don't when we'll get them.
But with spring finally having sprung, we're hoping soon.
V. We Have a Finicky Cat
Oh, and we have a finicky cat. Lucy just hasn't been eating well. We've been giving her appetite stimulants since last week, and that's been improving things, but she still tends to wander off fairly quickly.
The vet has already said he wants to see her soon. (Sadly, not her regular vet, as we presume she moved off-island just like all of our PCPs, since she disappeared from the practice.) So, I foresee more testing in her future. But not today.
...
And that's Monday morning.
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Monday Update
I. Kimberly called several plumbers this morning. The biggest company we know of, which does all the radio advertising, couldn't get anyone out here this week. The rest didn't answer their phones. We finally found a small guy with good YP ratings who is up in Princeville today, but will be down in our area tomorrow. So hopefully fixed then, but we'll stock up on some supplies while we're in town today just in case, like filling the rest of our water cooler bottles and getting some hand wipes.
(I am already SO sick of the smell and feel of hand sanitizer.)
II. I will be spending Thursday in town to get Julie's ABS system looked at.
III. That means I had to reschedule our lanai work, which my dad & I will now be getting back to on Wednesday.
IV. No word on our windows. We don't expect to hear anything there until they're manufactured and maybe shipped here, which is probably not this month.
V. Kimberly also got an answering machine at the vet, but we've started working to get Lucy a vet appointment, now that I know which day I'll be busy with Julie.
Our water system sprang a leak yesterday morning right where it comes off the street. Not a gushing geyser, but enough to start saturating the ground and filling the water meter. (Our neighbor noticed the former while we were out at my folks' house yesterday.)
So, our water is turned off at the cutoff on the street. (Our delightful neighbor not only did so while we were out, but also drew a picture in three parts of how to turn it back on!)
It's amazing how inconvenient that is! I came into the house with dinner last night, and as I have since long before COVID, I immediately went to the sink to wash my hands. Yep, no water. Brushing teeth is equally annoying. And that's all not even speaking of the lack of showering and toilet tanks not refilling.
Fortunately, we do have water in our water cooler (I hope it lasts until we get into town today!), and I can turn on the water at the street for two minutes to refill the toilet tanks.
Kimberly is calling the plumbing company that does all the radio advertising at 8am when they open. (They of course weren't open yesterday.)
II. We Have No ABS
Meanwhile, Julie's ABS system went out again last week. It went out in December and we replaced the right rear wheel sensor in January. And now ... who knows?
I called them last week and they never returned my call. So they're on my call list again for today. But I can't call too close to their 8.30am open time or I might go to voicemail, and then I get stuck back in the do-I-wait-for-their-call-or-do-I-call-again loop.
That'll be another day or two stuck in Lihue once I finally do get in contact with them.
III. We Have No Deck
Just recounting our current deficiencies, we also still have five rows of board on our lanai missing. Work stopped around two months ago because my folks had a house free up that hadn't been unoccupied since they moved out here, and it was in *horrible* shape. So they spent much of a month and a half out there almost every day, and I even spent a few Saturdays out there.
Anyway, done now, and my dad and I are going to look at the lanai again this Thursday. We've got all the old, rotten boards out, the area cleaned up, and the new boards all primed. Next up we need to trim those boards to the right sizes, screw them into the deck, and then paint. I'm hoping we're done with that this week and next.
IV. We Have No Windows
The temperature is starting to come up, and the sun is coming out, after four gray months or so, and we still can't open half the windows downstairs.
That's thanks to Mango, who made two escapes by pulling the screens out of the windows on the upper side of our house.
We actually have new jalousie windows on order for that side of the house, which we think will resolve the problem. We had to pay quite an exorbitant price on them, but they were a major stressor, so it will have been worth it. They're being manufactured right now, so we don't when we'll get them.
But with spring finally having sprung, we're hoping soon.
V. We Have a Finicky Cat
Oh, and we have a finicky cat. Lucy just hasn't been eating well. We've been giving her appetite stimulants since last week, and that's been improving things, but she still tends to wander off fairly quickly.
The vet has already said he wants to see her soon. (Sadly, not her regular vet, as we presume she moved off-island just like all of our PCPs, since she disappeared from the practice.) So, I foresee more testing in her future. But not today.
...
And that's Monday morning.
==
Monday Update
I. Kimberly called several plumbers this morning. The biggest company we know of, which does all the radio advertising, couldn't get anyone out here this week. The rest didn't answer their phones. We finally found a small guy with good YP ratings who is up in Princeville today, but will be down in our area tomorrow. So hopefully fixed then, but we'll stock up on some supplies while we're in town today just in case, like filling the rest of our water cooler bottles and getting some hand wipes.
(I am already SO sick of the smell and feel of hand sanitizer.)
II. I will be spending Thursday in town to get Julie's ABS system looked at.
III. That means I had to reschedule our lanai work, which my dad & I will now be getting back to on Wednesday.
IV. No word on our windows. We don't expect to hear anything there until they're manufactured and maybe shipped here, which is probably not this month.
V. Kimberly also got an answering machine at the vet, but we've started working to get Lucy a vet appointment, now that I know which day I'll be busy with Julie.