This morning, we woke up only to realize that there was no water!! No water was coming out of any of the taps from the house!!
We had to go to the airport this morning to farewell my in laws for their trip to India.
So hubby went outside to check out if there was anything wrong with our pipes or something, and good thing he did, because he saw that someone had closed the main water tap that brings water from the big pipes into the home. The main water tap is on the front right corner of our front lawn, very close to the footpath and the street. So he opened it up and we spent 5 mins wondering who and why someone would have done this to us… Then while we were taking our showers and all, hubby realizes that the pipes outside were gushing waters everywhere, on our lawn and the footpath, and the water was going down the whole street. So he quickly turned the tap off (while I was in the middle of my shower!!) and he started making calls. After spending an hour on the phone, trying to find out who would be responsible to come and repair the pipes, which the rental agents said was the responsibility of the South Australian Water Department, he left the phone when he was told that someone from the water department would come real soon to fix the problem. So he turned back the water tap on, so that we could all get ready very quickly, then turned the tap off and we headed to the airport.
After coming back from the airport (after lunch time), we noticed that no one came yet, and that we couldn’t use the air-conditioned, because it uses water too. Oh did I mention that it was 39degrees today!! A very very dry and hot day!! So we call the SA water department again and this time they sent someone in less than an hour. The guy said that as the pipes were on the property’s lawn, it was not the work for the department to do, so we call back the agents, who gave us a plumber’s phone number to call. We call the guy and the guy told us that he could only come to check it out tomorrow morning. So as it was too hot to stay inside the house without air conditioning, we went to the shopping center and spent all afternoon there, looking around at shops and we sent 2 hours on the kids playground before we headed home to cook dinner.
So now, each time we need water, we have to go outside the house in the front and open the tap so that we can fill up bottles and jugs of water, to then quickly turn the tap off. The house is really hot and we are still suffering from the heat. Right not, it’s 1am and it’s 30degrees!! Still pretty hot. Mona has been naked all evening and is sleeping with only her nappies on. We have been eating lots of ice blogs too!!
So hopefully tomorrow morning, the guy will come early to fix the pipes and we will enjoying having water and air conditioning back on!! It’s going to be as hot at today was!!
I hate this kind of weather!!! You can feel how hot it is just by breathing!! The air is hot and it makes it really hard to breathe!!Ok I better go and try to sleep in this hot weather!!
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