There will be hot water

I left off at a cliff hanger the other day.  Andy had done all he could to the hot water heater and then had to leave for a weekend of work in Ohio.  Hours into his trip he got a phone call from his hysterical wife.  No hot water yet.  She may have yelled. She may have cried.  She may have hung up the phone on him.  Enter the plumber.  Andy called the plumber to come in.  Good news:  hot water heater was fine.  Every part appeared to be working.  Bad news: probable pipe leak under the house.  Under. The. Slab.  =$$$$.  We're talking locator crew to find the leak and a jackhammer to tear up the floor to replace the pipe.  The plumber theorized that the pipe always had a hole in it.  This pipe was up against a metal steak, for whatever reason, and some corrosion occurred that plugged the hole.  When we turned off the water main, the corrosion broke free and the hole was reopened.  And, during the course of the pipe repair time, the hole got bigger.  *Sigh  But, he did show me how to turn the hot water heater on and off so we would have hot water for showers and to do dishes.  

That worked for the weekend.  Then, Andy came home and did some investigating to find out that the pipe with the leak only fed the kitchen sink and dishwasher.  At first there wasn't a rush to do anything to the pipe.  We were turning on and off the heater for hot water and that was okay.  Then, I noticed that we had no hot water while the dishwasher was running.  That told us that way more water was draining out than we thought.  Immediate action was needed.  Andy went ahead and put a valve in to shut off hot water to the kitchen and dishwasher.  Our future plan is to put an under sink water heater under the kitchen sink just for the sink and dishwasher.  Right now, I am washing dishes by hand, heating water on the stove first.  Gotta do what you gotta do.  Now, though, we have hot water whenever we need it for showers and baths.  

Definitely made me appreciate our luxuries more.  To me, this whole hot water deal was a big deal.  But, it got me thinking that we already have so much.  As I was freaking out about no hot water, I was in air conditioning, cooking a meal with plenty of food, washing clothes, my children were playing with no worries.  So many blessings.  How can I complain.  And, God took care of us.  He provided a way for us to continue to have hot water without a huge $$$ repair.  He also blessed us with our Andy, who was able to use his resources and knowledge to do the repair himself.  

Thankful, just thankful.