John's turn

Today it was John’s turn - only he had to work harder than I did.

When he got up this morning, the carpet in his bathroom was wet. Uh-oh! Obvious problem…the toilet is leaking. It needs a new seal. After rowing, he went to Lowe’s to get one. (spoiler alert - this was the first trip to Lowe’s)

Changing the seal on a toilet isn’t very complicated, it’s just messy, awkward, and wrestling a heavy oddly shaped thing like a toilet is hard work. Especially when it’s wedged in between the tub and the vanity. And when your helper (me) is totally incompetent and clumsy. Getting the monster properly seated on the two bolts that hold it down is difficult under the best of circumstances, and he didn’t have that. The first attempt to set the seal didn’t work, so he had to go back to Lowe’s (trip #2) to get another wax seal. Finally, by the hardest, he got it to work the second time. By the time he got cooled down and got a shower, it was after 1. He was too tired to eat by then, so he just took a nap.

I put the bathroom rugs in the washer, of course, then into the dryer. I knew there would be a lot of lint, so after the dryer finished, I pulled the lint trap to clean it off - and it was clean. Uh-oh! I tried with the flexible grabber-thing to see if I could clear it, but that didn’t work. John was awake by then, so he went outside to see if he could clear it through the outside vent. Nope, that didn’t work either.

Well, of course, the dryer is wedged in a corner with about 2-3 feet of clearance in front of it. He pulled the dryer out as far as he could and climbed over behind it, unhooked the flexible hose, and snaked all the lint out of it (to say nothing of finding several socks and other things that had been dropped behind the dryer over the years).

Well, as long as he’d gone this far, he decided he might as well replace the dryer vent hose and outside cover. So back to Lowe’s (#3 - and last time) to get the parts. He got the dryer hooked up, and everything put back into place. And then took his third shower of the day.

Needless to say, this was not how he had planned to spend the day. It was shorter than usual, though - he crashed and was in bed before 8:30. I just hope he sleeps well tonight.
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John's picture of the beach sky.