I can explain it in no other way. The last time we saw the hot water heater, there was water steadily seeping out from under it, all over the floor and under the door and -- luckily -- draining into the sump pump. The repairman looked at it and said it needed replacing. So we drove up yesterday to turn it off and find a way to drain it. But when we opened the door, there was no water at all on the floor. We ran the faucet and got nice steamy hot water. And we kept checking back off and on all day, and no water leaking. It has healed itself, or there has been a major miracle for the McKendry family. Prayers of thanksgiving for tender mercies.
So we set about trying to do some other small tasks on our list. But the weather stripping we brought was wrong and held the door open, so we couldn't install it. We brought the wrong size drill bits and couldn't bolt together a frame we were making. The glass globe we brought for the outside light was the wrong size. We tried to phone our contractor about a problem with our eavestroughs, but couldn't reach him. After a while, we were laughing. What else should we not do while we're here?
Finally, just so we could say we'd accomplished something, we went and bought fibreglass batting and put together one of the fake walls we're constructing to block the stairwells, to keep cold air from coming down from the sanctuary this winter. So we did get that done! A half-hour project to justify the 4-hour drive and tank of gas.
We headed home that afternoon (leaving behind the full yard bag we meant to bring back with us) and stopped at an A&W on the way to grab a burger -- but it was so overpriced at the En Route that we decided to skip it and just eat when we got home. Another thing not done!
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