Water, Water Everywhere!

Don't things always have to happen at the worst time! The week that Kevin is actually gone all week long too, and not reachable by phone!

I looked out the front window this morning (not sure why exactly), and there was a bunch of water. The rocks were soaked, some water on the sidewalk, in the gutter (but I assumed someone was washing their car with all the water that was in the gutter). It looked like it was coming from a plant so I figured one of the tops had popped off the water drip system to that plant. I wasn't dressed yet & I only had a limited amount of time to pump before the boys woke up for their second feed of the day. So I figured I would pump, feed them & then address it. While I was pumping I thought maybe Papa would like something to do instead of sitting around all day because he loves little projects (he truly hates sitting around & always wants something to do or to fix). So I mentioned it to Grandma & she said Papa would come take a look.

Papa came by while I was in the shower & needed tools but since I was in the shower he had to run back to his house to get them. I saw he called while I was in the shower so I called him back & he was on his way back. Instead of laying down to snuggle with the boys for a nap I decided we would go outside & check it out & say hi to Papa.

So I took the boys out there...

...they were enjoying being outside...
and it was a whole lot bigger mess than I thought! Not an easy "little project" like I thought! There was water everywhere! In our front yard, our water shut off hole was filled, it was all over the sidewalk, in the gutters (which Papa told me he saw a bunch of water as soon as he turned into our track & he hoped it wasn't my water...yep it sure was!!! No one was washing their car!); water in our neighbors front yard, water valve shut off was filled with water, along with water on their driveway (sorry Erika!).

(From when I saw it, this was after about 2 1/2 hours after the water had been drying up from the sun! It looked a lot worse when I first saw it.)

Papa started digging where the first mega puddle of water was & we found bubbling even when he thought the water was off! He dug further West & found the hole. There was a 1/8" hole in the water main to the house. Papa told me he didn't think he could fix it because of the way the pipe was curving.

A friend across the street said his neighbor went through the same thing a few months ago & they called the Builder's warranty hotline, and Papa thought the same thing. I thought good idea...crap where would I find the phone number, Kevin always handles everything! ...thankfully he told me where his was & ours was there as well! So I called them, they considered it an emergency since we had to turn the water off to the house & they said they would call me right back after they reached someone in our area.

While I waited Papa ran to ACE to get some supplies to try & temporarily stop the leak so I could use the water. I put the boys to sleep & thought perfect I can wash bottles...wrong! Thankfully I had 2 clean bottles for their next feed! I was thirsty & went to get some water to drink...nothing came out of the fridge. I thought...oh I can do some laundry...WRONG!!! I couldn't pump because my stuff needed to be washed...I was a sitting duck with plenty of water outside & no water inside! I never really thought about how much I NEED water all throughout the day!!!

An hour later...still no call. SO I called them back...they apologized thinking someone would have called me by then. She had me call the plumber that installed the plumbing in the home. So I called them...about 10 phone calls later (back & forth between the builder & the plumber), babies screaming throughout most if not all of the phone calls, making bottles while on the phone & feeding 2 babies at the same time while on the phone. Papa patched it temporarily and Grandma came over to wash bottles while we had some water. It was a mad dash to try & do everything we needed to use water for before the plumber got there! At 5:30pm I realized that I hadn't eaten anything since my bowl of cereal at 9:00am this morning. So I started fixing my "lunch" & when it was all ready, the plumber was done! So I dealt with him, signed paperwork & paid.

6 hours later...we have the fix!

...And still a big mess in the front yard! And I'm sorry to say it will stay there until daddy can deal with it on Saturday! I went inside, at 5:50pm I sat down and ate my cold lunch & stale bread...but at that point it could have been dirt for all I cared!!!

We have no idea if it falls under warranty..but at least its fixed! What a day! I am so exhausted!!!!!!!!! Thanks Papa, for all of your hard work on what I thought would be a "Little Project"!!!

(The boys’ outfits were kind of perfect for the day we had...it says "Little Fish in a Big Sea")

Now at 10:00pm...I am off to have dinner! :)