Its one of those things that you kind of take for granted. Yesterday, Paul took a shower in the morning, then threw a load of towels in the wash and went to work. About an hour later, I went to take a shower, and the water never got hot. I assumed it was because of the towels, and luckily I had taken a shower the night before. Annoyed, I went off to work unbathed. Not my idea of a good, refreshing, or hygenic way to start the day.
When we came home that night, there was still no hot water. We reset the circuit breakers, thinking maybe one of them had been tripped. Unfortunately, we woke up this morning and still had no hot water. Upon further investigation, our hot water heater was installed in 91, and it looks like the heating element was replaced at one point (this is based on the fact that the box from the heating element was on top of the tank). I put out a desperate plea to my friend, Jerry. He's an amazing fix it person and a licensed electrician. He did some juggling of his schedule and is on his way over to take care of us right now. He assured me that he would have us taking hot showers by tonight, which was music to my pregnant ears.
Aside from the venting, and appreciation of friends, my only purpose in writing this is to tell you all to think twice about your hot showers... and enjoy them!
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