My dear friend and former Dean of Women, Ms. V., posted about her indoor plumbing fiasco on her blog. (You can link to her blog from my list of blogs to the right). I, of course, having experienced similar fiascos, had to leave her a lengthy comment to let her know she was not alone in the world of the absent-minded. I thought perhaps I should share my close call with you, my blogging friends, in hopes of offering you some comfort as well.
One day, I was running a sink of water for dishes and got distracted. I thought suddenly, hmmm, what was it I was going to do? I was going to shower! That was it! (well, they both involve hot water, anyways). So I got in the nice warm shower. I got my hair shampooed up, but the water started to get less nice and warm. Hmmm, that had never happened to me in this house. I puzzled. I puzzled long and hard neath the chilly water. I had not done laundry. I had not let the water run long at all before I got in. I would blame my dear hubby, but my dear hubby had taken his shower and left for work many hours before the water had turned cold so suddenly and so rudely. (No, I did not laze around in bed that long! He left for work at 3-ish in the morning). Suddenly, I got a burst of adrenaline! I bolted, quite immodestly, from the shower and quickly turned off the water, which was flowing from the very very full sink into the other sink, which, fortunately, was unstopped. (Another thing to be thankful for: there was no one to see this disgraceful episode). There is a small lip around the two sinks, which kept most of the water off the counter and floor, although some did spill over when I stuck my arm in to unplug the sink. I also got a great deal of water on the bathroom floor since I bolted so suddenly, but no major harm was done. Someday, I fear, I will move to a house with no wonderful lip thingy around the sink, or one with large windows in the kitchen. Then I will learn. I will learn the hard way, like I did with the superglue and the toilet tank repair work. Perhaps I should be Amish, because I do not seem to mesh well with indoor plumbing.
* Note from the author: No pictures will accompany this blog post, for very obvious reasons. :-D
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3 comments:
Too funny!
Thanks for the wonderful story. It's good know that one is not alone! Be careful, my friend. It's a dangerous world - full of new-fangled inventions. =)
You leave me laughing with every post! Aunt Diane
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