75 – handyman, i am NOT!
We have a reverse osmosis water filtration system (that’s a mouthful!) to filter our drinking water. The main tank and pump are housed under our kitchen sink island.
Every so often we have to replace the filters to keep the water flowing properly, otherwise the water pressure dwindles to (basically) nothing. We did that this past weekend but the water pressure did not immediately return the way it has in the past.
David told me to call the people who installed it and schedule them to come out.
(Mistake number 1 – right here – i should’ve JUST scheduled it. But i didn’t)
So i called yesterday. The tech lady asked a few questions and told me the “tank needs to be disconnected and emptied, then use a bicycle pump to put in 8-10 psi, reconnect it and should be good to go.”
i said, “oh that sounds a bit past my expertise”
(if only i’d have stopped there! And done as i was told and scheduled the tech to come fix it)
She tells me, “Oh it’s really not hard at all.” And in short time, convinces me too.
i hang up. i tell David. He said (and i do quote!), “you should just schedule them to come do this. I don’t think this is a good idea. Too much can go wrong.”
(And if i’d only stopped T-H-E-R-E!…. but oh no…. i didn’t!)
i told David how easy it was, what the tech had told me, i even googled it to see how “right” she was, watched a YouTube video. And David said, “well, if you want to…..”
Then he told me, “if it works, you can cum sooner than the 7-days! But if it doesn’t…..” (and he smirked)
(Challenge accepted. Game on. Finish line… here-i-CUM!!)
So i went to work, all in all, i thought i succeeded. With just one teensy little concern….. when i turned the water valve to the “on” position, it made a fizzing sound like when you open a bottle of soda for the first time. Neither the tech nor the video made any mention of this.
But now we simply had to wait 2-4 hours for the water tank to do its thing, fill up, etc. Nothing to do really except wait and see.
So because i started this at almost 7pm, i wouldn’t know if it worked until close to bedtime. And because of my edging assignment, (can’t cum until i know this has proven successful!), i went to the bedroom to do so.
And i stayed there afterward, readied for bed, read, turned out the light and went to sleep.
(This is one more opportunity to have possibly changed the outcome. If i had at least gone to check on it… the next part likely could’ve been avoided…. but no, i didn’t even do that much!)
This morning comes and i wake, as usual, 6am. i go straight to the kitchen to get coffee (zombie without it!). i don’t even turn the lights on, but the sun is coming up so it’s dark but not pitch black either.
And i stepped in water.
i flipped on the lights and there is about 1/2 – 1 inch of water covering the entire kitchen floor. (oh holy S@#%!!!!)
Well, David was in the front of the house and i walk in and say, “will you come help me please Sir?”
“With what?”
“The kitchen”
“I take it the tank-fix didn’t go well?”
“No Sir, most definitely not!”
And when he walked into the kitchen, in front of me, he said, “holy hell!”
And we went to work cleaning. He never yelled. He never even sounded mad. i think that was ONLY because we had to come together and get this cleaned up.
We saturated 8-towels, used 3-rolls of paper towels, and a shop vac. Now the water is off the floor – for what we can see. What we can’t see and don’t know is: 1) what is still under the wood floors that could cause warping or mold, 2) what is still under the island and could also cause mold.
When we were mostly done, he dressed and left to go play golf (previously planned). And gave me instructions on how to finish.
And just before he left he said, “next time, you’ll just schedule the handyman straight away, correct? You need to call and get it scheduled now too.”
“Yes Sir”
“Do you understand you screwed up?”
“Yes Sir”
“We will deal with this when I get home”
“Yes Sir”
So now, i sit here with the shop vac still going full force…..Trying to coerce the water to come out of the island as i type this out. i can only pray there are no ultimate lingering house-damaging problems from this!
While i accept the punishment that will ensue later today, i am dreading it too…. i know this spanking will be a serious punishment and pain. And it will likely cause me to cry. And i deserve it, and i will accept it. i likely will still feel it’s impact tomorrow on my rear side.
And now i have NO idea when cumming will be allowed either. i haven’t even mentioned that! There’s no point really! i won’t be surprised if the 7-days start over or are at least extended for some time to come.
There are so many places in this (unfortunately very true) story i could’ve changed this outcome. And i didn’t.
But here’s the positive…. because of DD, we are NOT fighting about this, we are working together on this, we are actually very much in sync on this, and we have a way to fix this and move on without resentment or ill will. When this frightful story does come to an end…. after the punishment today, the tech people come fix this properly, and we know there’s no lingering damage that remains…. it will be done. No future rehashing, throwing it up in my face, or fighting then about it either.
And for that, i am grateful.
(i will give you the last Memoir today…. or possibly tomorrow… i may not be allowed online the rest of today as another side of this punishment…. he knows i love to blog and taking it away today might be a punishment i have to accept)
Hugs,
Marie