Saturday, my hubby and I started to tackle some outdoor projects, with the beautiful weather we were up by 9am and off to buy mulch and other stuff for the yard. We have a very shady section which grass struggles to grow. We opted to cover it in mulch and leave the rest of the back yard grass, hopefully, reducing muddy paw prints roaming the house!!!
By 9pm we had hauled and laid 60 bags of mulch. Needless to say hubby and I were both exhausted. After cleaning up we headed to bed in hopes of resting our achy bodies in the wonders of our tempurpedic mattress.
Then....
Just before 4am I was startled awake by what sounded like the heater in the attic getting ready to explode - I do wonder how my husband laid in bed those first few minutes oblivious to the noise, and me screaming somethings wrong, we have to get the kids and mom out of the house and where the hell is the cell phone we have to call 911. Yes, I admit I was a bit panicked, but I was just jolted awake. I ran out into the hallway toward the thermostat key pad, I turned it to off, I then ran downstairs to do the same with the other thermostat. Gil opened up the attic door and proceed up into the attic, but couldn't find anything wrong. I ran back upstairs and as I approached the kids bathroom said whatever it is it is coming from the ceiling above their bathroom, I woke up my son Zak while Gil ran outside in his underwear to check the air units on the side of the house I was going toward William's room to get him up and have Zak carry him out to the front yard, when Gil ran back upstairs saying he can't find anything wrong, he again started back up the attic steps and I walked into the hall bathroom. The noise was intense and fearing an explosion I didn't turn on the lights- I walked over to the tub and screamed for him to check the water tank the noise sounded like it was coming from the pipes. Just as I got the word pipes out, I saw it... jumping around the bottom of the tub, I bent over to pick up my mother's facial scrubber. Yes, her facial scrubber was vibrating across the tub floor making all that intense noise - that morning she went to use it and it didn't work, she thought the batteries were dead, thus never turning it off. What happened water had gotten into the unit and when it finally dried out it turned itself back on...
The first couple hours no laughing, we were tired, sore and now awake and unable to fall back asleep - move the clock forward a day, it isn't funny, it is down right hilarious!!
~G
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