We didn't get to Millville until Saturday morning because K was finishing up a week of being ill. We got there to find a wet basement courtesy of leaky pipes.
Drove over to pick up the lawn mower, loaded it in the car and the car wouldn't start. Same symptoms as before. Tow truck came and took the car to Foschi's and we took a cab home.
We made it through the night w/ no water. I had shut it off to stop the basement flooding. Ben Franklin Plumbing came out and replaced the offending pipe ($238). He showed me the leaking joint and it looked like pretty bad workmanship. The pipe had been inserted into the fitting to about 1/16". Maintenance of this house was done as cheaply as possible by the last owner.
Monday morning C wakes up with 102 temp. The garage opens and we tell them our sad story. At 10:00 the gutter guys show up to put up new gutters. After looking at the old ones that were falling off the house I had assumed that there would be rotten wood that needed to be replaced but the guys reported no soft spots. So that job worked out in our favor ($575). We await the next storm with anticipation!
I charged the battery and changed the oil on the motorcycle. Got out for a ride and to run errands. The temperature was in the 60's and it was glorious. Still Monday and the Directv guy shows up to install satellite TV. I was all set to start saving about $25/mo over the cost of Comcast. No dice! If we want Directv we'd have to cut down several trees in the front yard. Talked to the mechanic around 5:00 and he was still scratching his head and running diagnostics on the car.
Tuesday morning C wakes up with 103 temp. Fortunately he is off school all this week. K and I both tell work that we're working from home today. At mid-day the mechanic still didn't have anything to report so we rented from Enterprise and got to JC around 9:30. I had been feeling very guilty about leaving Abbey by herself for so long and was glad to find her none the worse for wear.
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