Oh yes it did!
So I am standing in the kitchen cooking, washing dishes, and on the phone with Tom as he is coming home from work. Now I don't expect anyone to believe this, but it IS true, I even had on an apron... I get done with the dishes and I am cooking chicken. I hear Gannon in my room pushing the chair back and forth on my hardwood floor. I holler in there for him to "QUIT!" and he says "I'm not doing anything!" Umm hmmm yeah. So a minute later he said something weird was going on but not what. Tom was at the point where his phone loses signal so I decided to make some pasta to go with his chicken. I turn on the water and there is very little pressure. I waitied a minute and then I thought "OH CRAP!" I ran into my room and I hear the water gushing under the house. I said "GANNON!! Why didn;t you tell me about that?!" His reply? "I said I heard something weird." You have to be kidding....
Ok so Tom is still about an hour away, water is gushing under the house out of the pipe, and I am thinking about just letting the house flood. Well common sense won out and I go outside with 1 my cell phone and 2 my apron. I get out there and its COLD. I turn on my cell phone flashlight and it went off 3 times! The new lids on the water meter are heavy!!! I finally get it off and there is mud all in there and its gross. I turn the water off and go back inside. Of course now there is no water to wash the mud off my hands. Thankfully I had just washed my hands before and used a paper towel to wipe them off. It was pretty wet so I used it to clean up best I can.
My phone starts ringing and I realize Tom has found reception again. So I answer the phone and he is all excited and I break the news. He is like "You are kidding. Please tell me you are kidding. It broke again really? No you are kidding." Me, "I am not kidding." Tom, "You are kidding. Please? I knew this was going to happen! You are pulling my leg." Me, "No, I am serious. I turned the water off."
So Tom finally gets home and realizes I am NOT kidding and he goes to take a look. Thankfully it didn't bust, it had just come loose! He went under the house and then bumped his head on something. I could hear him muttering but he could not hear me. Good thing cause I was telling him what to do even though I had no clue! So he comes back in the house and tells me he can fix it but he needs some rope. Rope? Are you going to strangle it? Turns out yes. So anyways an hour and 1 brother later it is fixed! I felt bad for Terry. He had on his brand new shoes! It was really muddy under there, but he didn't get any on his shoes. To repay Terry, Tom was kind and shared his peanut butter cake Nana made him. I told Terry that Tom said he could take the rest home and I thought Tom was going to get some rope and strangle me! He isn't playing about his peanut butter cake.
So all in all it is good! I was able to get up and shower and I know many people are thankful for that. I know I am! Now let's just pray that the pipe behaves from now on. If it doesn't I guess I am going to have to get under there and fix it myself. I have some tin foil, duct tape and the original last name Black. If I can't rig it up I am sure my dad can!
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