The Day's Complaint

The weekend wasn't good to me at all. A couple of things happened that made me irritable, angry, and sad.

It rained the whole day on Saturday -- to begin with. So, that put a dump on any plans I might have for that day. Not that I have any specific plans, but it was supposed to be a "yeyy-no-work" day for me. But because it rained, I didn't even bother to make any plans. 

I then contained myself to do some work since I have deadlines to meet. Murphy's Law: if you think something's gonna happen, it will. And so it did. My internet connection was as slow as molasses. Which means... whatever work I did, took twice the time. So there wasn't much of a productivity there. 

I headed for the cheap wine instead. LOL. Figured, I might as well relax since there was nothing I could really do but wait for my connection to speed up. One glass became two glasses; two glasses became three -- and then four! LOL. I was lushed. HaHa. It felt good though.

Came the late afternoon. I noticed there was water accumulating in a corner of the basement by the washer and dryer. UGH! It couldn't be flooding again!! Turned out to be, the water was coming from the water heater. 

I called PSE&G. A woman came over that night and as soon as she opened the bottom lid, she said "it's burnt!". Burnt what? The entire water heater needed to be replaced.

She turned off the water -- so it would stop leaking -- hence, I have no hot water!! (Shower in the cold? You must be kidding me!!)

Cha-ching! $$$ there goes another expense. UGH! I have to have hot water.

I started to feel weird. My nerves started to act like my head was going to explode. I felt like my blood pressure shot up in its highest number. I felt dizzy and I thought I was going to have a panic attack (or maybe I did! that's why I felt dizzy?).

For a moment I got scared. I tried to compose myself. My daughter stayed beside me while I calmed myself down. (I didn't want to end up in the ER again because of hyperventilation). All these thoughts of everything happening at the same time overwhelmed me in that brief moment of delusion. Arrrrgghhhh!!

Sunday came. The negative aura still in the air. I called PSE&G again to order a replacement for the water heater. A bit of good news. The representative said I might be able to get the system replaced on the same day. I was hopeful. But I guess, the curse of the weekend remained because when the plumber called, he said the earliest schedule I can have is tomorrow afternoon. I took that slot. I need my hot water. 

Now.. pray for me while I battle the cold water.... !!$%#&