Pressure...prayer...progress
No one said it was going to be easy doing the 60 day Trim Up Challenge.
First couple of days went well with change in eating habits and using Plexus Triplex and Block consistently. I have a printed check list for keeping me on track each day on my meals, water consumption and products.
This was a week of seeing how pressure would affect me and if it would tempt me to flee back to emotional eating.
Our washer stopped working Monday. We had a service call Tuesday. The visit lasted 45 seconds and cost $65 .The tub in the washer had broken loose from some part that made it less expensive to replace the washer than repair. The washer had been good and faithful to wash our clothes for 11+ years.
Tuesday, we went to buy a washer and paid for it just in time to guarantee Wednesday delivery. YAY. (Clothes were piling up)
Wednesday the delivery guys showed up in a monsoon to switch out washers. We had to pay $79 for delivery and then were told to buy $29 worth of new hoses to get installation. So be it.
As I was working in my home office, behind two closed doors I heard this comforting shout, "The kitchen is flooding!" I thought someone had left the door open and rain was blowing in.
I wish.
The two guys changing out washers had pulled the old washer away from the wall so enthusiastically that they pulled the faucets off the pipes as well!! They did not disconnect the hoses from the faucets first! So we had hot and cold water pouring into the kitchen.
The delivery guys(amigos) spoke as much English as I do Spanish. ( I can get what I want at drive through at Taco Bell...usually).
They scrambled outside looking from the street to the house and around the outside of the house looking for the water cut off valve. (All the time in a downpour so bad I expected to see a big boat and animals being paired up).
It was turned off after 10 minutes.
The water was an inch deep in the kitchen.
Then they used every towel we owned to sop up the water. Then they wrung out the towels on the carport. (All our formerly white towels now have a soft shade of dirty)
Not stopping there, they grabbed our mop and broom and proceeded to try to sweep the water out the door.
Finally they left with the old washer.
An hour later, their boss, JOSE' called about the HOSES.. ( Read that out loud...you can't make this stuff up.)
He said he had a plumber who would come to our house to repair the damage and get our water back on between 6-8 p.m. We figured 3 hours with no water was bearable.
We were optimistic.
Jose' called at 8:15 to say the plumber backed out but he had a friend who could stop by to fix it. When asked if it was a licensed plumber Jose' said no and I said, "No way Jose'!"
I've been waiting my entire life to say that in a real life situation.
The water was out for nearly 18 hours. All our clothes were piled up to be washed.
For those who had to answer the call of nature, we mapped out 3 restaurants open 24 hours a day just 5 minutes away.
Finally, at 9 Thursday morning the a licensed plumber we have used before appeared He had to go to a parts store to get parts because the delivery amigos had taken the faucets with them!
(Probably still dangling from the hoses that had been ripped off the wall. I hope they got some scrap metal money for all their effort).
We finally got the water back on around 10:30 in the morning.
It does not take much imagination to guess what two plumbing fixture we tried out first
(Hint...not the newly installed washing machine)
We were relieved to say the least.
I admit we got off track for meals and had Taco Bell Thursday night. But God rich in mercy kept me from gaining back any of the weight I had dropped the prior 3 days.
Lessons I learned:
- Be always in prayer
- I found my will weakens in the chaos.
- I reminded myself He is my strength and my shield.
- We have a tale to recount at family gatherings for years to come
- I grow from being tested not being at ease.
First week report from 60 Day Challenge. Sleep better...more energy...down 7 lbs.
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