The fire restoration/cleaning/storage company comes on Monday and unloads every single item I own in about 3 hours. The rest of the day is spent organizing and purging unnecessary items with a trip to Bergins for the Monday night football game and dinner. I had zero food in the apartment. Now mind you the PM company said I could move back on Monday but there was a leak from my toilet and bathtub into the storage area below and the plumber couldn't get here until Tuesday. ? Whatever. The storage area has no walls now because of the fire and it's been leaking for god knows how long so sorry, I most certainly am going to use my toilet and shower on Monday. Thanks.
Later on that night I get cold and go to turn on my wall heater and discover the pilot isn't lit. Then I happen to notice my stove isn't hooked up to the gas line. Great, no heat. OK, whatever. The gas was working on the day of the fire because the Gas Company came out to make sure everything was safe so I don't know how that happened....
On Tuesday the plumber apparently comes to fix my bathroom leak. I get home later that night and hear an odd squeak. After some investigation I realize it's the smoke detector. I take out the battery and it still chirps in my hand, sans battery. I put the chirping smoke detector in the trunk of my car and make a mental note to pick up a 9 volt the next day. Then I go to take a shower....yeah....that would have been nice but something obviously went terribly wrong with the plumbing situation and I wasn't informed of the fact that water now doesn't come out of my showerhead. Well actually it does, it dribbles. The diverter (knob thing that switches water from the tub faucet to the showerhead) is a useless piece of metal that just twists and does nothing. Fabulous. I'm cold (still no gas) and just want to take a hot shower. I have to take a bath instead. Not so bad but I just wasn't in the mood for soaking at that moment. Whatever.
On Wednesday I call the plumber and tell him the situation, he sends his assistant back to take care of it. The gas man comes at about the same time. One issue was resolved the other wasn't. I now have heat. I still don't have a shower. Baths are nice for kids and lazy weekends. I want my shower back and fear this will drag out longer than normal.
Oh and did I mention that the stairs and landing leading up to my apartment have dry rot and most likely need to be demolished and re-done during which time I'll have to "sleep elsewhere."
Never ask the gods for "a little shake-up" in your life. Be happy with boring, old, routine.
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