Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Starting the week off…

Well, this week did not exactly get off to the best start!  After the gold medal hockey game on Sunday I was downstairs in my basement and noticed a puddle of water off of my hot water tank.  Uh oh.  My house is only 6 years old so I was surprised that I may have a failing piece of equipment.

Cue much frustration with a plumber and my hot water tank manufacturer all day Monday.  Luckily there isn’t a problem with my hot water tank, but with my humidifier.DSCN2871Calgary’s water is really hard, so it caused deposits within the humidifier that affected the water level float.  The float stopped working and the humidifier just kept filling up and up and up.  It then overflowed and started dripping onto the hot water tank.  Luckily the problem is a really easy one to fix (as opposed to the plumber who barely looked at it and told me I needed a new one for $680).  Come on people, don’t assume that you can pull a manoeuvre like that one on me!

By the time the great water leak debacle was sorted out I developed a massive headache that only got worse as I watched Jake the Bachelor pick Vienna, who then slow danced to a live version of “On the Wings of Love.”  I honestly thought I might be ill after that!  (By the way, if you do watch that show I highly recommend the recap that I linked to!)  Anyhow, with that massive headache there was definitely no going to the pool!  Yikes, not getting the week off to the best start…

Today I had a 30 minute run on the schedule.  Considering that the forecasted high was 8C I was pretty excited for this run!  But as I looked out the window before lunch it was foggy, almost like it was snowing.  And it was actually colder at lunch than when I had driven into work in the morning!  I definitely had not packed for that kind of weather!!  Oh well, at least I had spin class to go to tonight!!

4 comments:

Wes said...

mine was just leaking all over the place :-( Glad it was a cheap fix!!

Marlene said...

Glad to hear it wasn't too big of an issue. We have super hard water where I live... I'll have to keep an eye on the humidifier.

I don't watch The Bachelor regularly, but I did catch a few episodes as well as the finale this season.

Jake seems so... BLAH!

Lindsay said...

ohhh how... fun ;) glad it wasn't anything too severe and an easy fix!

J said...

Oh boy that doesnt look good! Hope it gets fixed!

Oh and that bachelor recap was hilarious! i was reading it at work and the guys were wondering what I was laughing out loud about!! I wanted to throw up when he picked Vienna! stupid man!