The Joys of Home Ownership

I've owned my house for 2 years now, and just as I begin to feel reasonably settled the rug gets pulled out from under me once again. Anyone who has sen my place can attest to the fact that when I lived alone the place was much too massive for me alone. For the past 2 years I've been living in a 5 bedroom house, with over half of the house never even being touched. I would generally only ever venture into the basement when I would have to do laundry once a week and even to this day one of the bedrooms is just a storage room...

Luckily all of that began to change once Josh and Michelle moved in a few weeks ago. With Michelle living in the basement I find myself travelling down there more often to visit her in her cave, and just to hang out in the rec room. Last night I was headed down into the laundry room with Josh (to do laundry of course) to find the floor covered in water.

Yep, that's right, my hot water tank has died...

I knew when I got the place that the hot water tank wasn't brand new, but I was hoping it wouldn't go just yet. We were just fortunate that we happened to go downstairs and discover it before any major damage was done. We've booked someone today to come replace the tank, and the water (and gas) have both been shut down. Yay for no water damage!

Unfortunately it ended up making a total mess of my plans for the evening. I'm just grateful nothing was damaged or destroyed by the biblical flooding in the basement. I just feel awful that Michelle and Josh have been here less than a month, and they already get to join in on the joys of home owning. At least now I won't have to worry about replacing the hot water tank for a long time. :)