I shouldn't be writing about it......
I should be checking on it. I was exhausted last night when I finally got through a particularly difficult Philosophy reading for class today. I went through my routine of getting ready for bed, then passed out for 7 hours! It was wonderful....until I wandered to the bathroom this morning. The water was running like crazy into the tank. Apparently, I hadn't waited for it to fill and stop running last night. I haven't been as concerned about it recently, since it hasn't been doing that. I guess I should have waited for the water to stop running before I went to bed. I felt bad that all that water had been wasted. I flushed and felt worse. I heard water running under my home and splashing. Apparently, whatever was leaking before has blown open and water is pouring out of it. The water coming in couldn't keep up with the water flowing out. I also noticed that the side of the board under the toilet is now wet, meaning it has probably frozen with this bitter cold and backed up. Now that will need to be replaced. I'm afraid the insulation and everything else under there has been soaked - including the underlayment of my floors.
I don't want to go out in this wind and terrible cold to dig through the blowing snow to get to a place where I can see what's happened and how bad it really is. I'm not sure I even want to know. Additionally, I don't have time to deal with this right now. This is midterms week and I have a paper due tomorrow. The other bathroom isn't in operation because I attempted to pull apart the supply line to replace the wax seal that was leaking, but couldn't get it removed from the tank due to a metal band that didn't allow me to get the nut far enough down the line to disconnect it.
I wonder if it's too late to back out on the events I was planning. It looks like I maybe spending my spring break repairing damage instead of getting ahead in my studies to be able to go. I paid the price to attend and have no idea what the refund policies are. I'm afraid that money would be put to better use to fix the problems this has created
I suppose I have to do it. I hope it's not as bad as it appears to be, but I doubt that's the case. I just hope it's not worse.
Edit: Bad news: It was worse. Good news: I could fix it! Bad news: I haven't been able to warm up all day, since working outside this morning in the bitter cold. Good news: I have the bed warmer my sweetie gave me for Christmas year before last. Bad news: It's midterm week and I still have several more hours of studying to do tonight (um, this morning) so I won't get to use it for very long, if at all. Good news: When this week is over, I get a week off!
I have decided that I would skip 1 of the 2 events to keep things more manageable. It was a hard choice, as I really wanted to attend both. If they weren't one weekend right after the next, maybe I could have pulled it off, but not the way they are scheduled. I'm going to shoot for SpringFire. I'll have a bit more time to prep for taking the time to go to that one..
I don't want to go out in this wind and terrible cold to dig through the blowing snow to get to a place where I can see what's happened and how bad it really is. I'm not sure I even want to know. Additionally, I don't have time to deal with this right now. This is midterms week and I have a paper due tomorrow. The other bathroom isn't in operation because I attempted to pull apart the supply line to replace the wax seal that was leaking, but couldn't get it removed from the tank due to a metal band that didn't allow me to get the nut far enough down the line to disconnect it.
I wonder if it's too late to back out on the events I was planning. It looks like I maybe spending my spring break repairing damage instead of getting ahead in my studies to be able to go. I paid the price to attend and have no idea what the refund policies are. I'm afraid that money would be put to better use to fix the problems this has created
I suppose I have to do it. I hope it's not as bad as it appears to be, but I doubt that's the case. I just hope it's not worse.
Edit: Bad news: It was worse. Good news: I could fix it! Bad news: I haven't been able to warm up all day, since working outside this morning in the bitter cold. Good news: I have the bed warmer my sweetie gave me for Christmas year before last. Bad news: It's midterm week and I still have several more hours of studying to do tonight (um, this morning) so I won't get to use it for very long, if at all. Good news: When this week is over, I get a week off!
I have decided that I would skip 1 of the 2 events to keep things more manageable. It was a hard choice, as I really wanted to attend both. If they weren't one weekend right after the next, maybe I could have pulled it off, but not the way they are scheduled. I'm going to shoot for SpringFire. I'll have a bit more time to prep for taking the time to go to that one..