Today, i get to practice what i preach. Patience, acceptance, gratitude.

i went to use the downstairs bathroom not long after Daddy left for work today. i found the entire bathroom floor flooded. Neither of us have used it at all today so i knew it wasn’t an overflowed toilet. i ran upstairs to deal with the immediate need at hand, grabbed a huge stack of towels and headed downstairs to call Daddy to ask what, if anything, i need to do before He gets home… aside from dry the floor.

Daddy’s voice went from calm and glad to hear my sweet voice to His worried voice. He tells me to mop up the water and turn the water off from the toilet and sink. Easy enough. i got them done. Hmmmm…. then i see where i think the water is coming from. The pipes under the sink aren’t leaking, but the water seems to be coming from under the vanity. Have i mentioned that this bathroom is adjascent to the water heater?

Daddy calls me really quick to ask me if there’s water on the floor under the water heater. Of course there is!!! i’m not panicked about getting these things taken care of. Honestly, i’m not sure why not. i was more worried about having to clean up the water in there… it’s full of yucky stuff!!

We have one of those one piece, stackable washer & dryers. It came with the house. Not what i wouldn’t chosen. Well, the heating element has been out of whack since i moved in. It finally died a couple months ago. With the hot weather, making a trip to the laundromat to dry clothes once is a while isn’t bad. Often, i’ll hang them outside or around the house. Save the planet! 🙂 Gotta say, right now, i’m thinking about how i’m gonna get all these drowned towels and rugs dry.

What can i do about this right this moment? Honestly? Not much. We’re living pretty close to paycheck to paycheck right now. Payday is in a couple days. i turned off all the water to the bathroom. i’m checking for more water leaks regularly. i’m staying calm. i’m looking at this as a just another obsticle. In the grand scheme of things, a leaky water heater isn’t exactly like the Titanic sinking. Daddy is getting quotes on repairs/replacements as i write.

Today, i’m looking at perspective. Funny part, i started talking to a friend who shared a few things going on in his life and i had an overwhelming sense of gratitude. Best part, he said the exact same thing about me. 🙂

my rant about gratitude yesterday came at the right time to help keep me in perspective, too. i could be all up in arms and whining about the water heater, the dryer, not being able to fix… or not sure how right this moment. All those feelings of out of control and worry. Instead, i look around and i’m grateful to have a home with 2 bathrooms and a waterheater to go bad. i have insurance paid in full just in case of damage. The weather is hot enough to dry my stuff if i get out there. i have a husband, Daddy, in my life who helps me manage these things. We can laugh about it and have already determined that it’ll be one of those things that’ll be a selling point when we get ready to move to New Hampshire. We’re also able to see that in a few week or months issues like this won’t be such a struggle. i have so much to be grateful for despite having wet floors in a few spots of our home and needing a new waterheater.

i didn’t cause this situation. Life happens. i can’t control or fix it myself. Whining and worrying doesn’t help… it makes me incapable of moving forward and taking care of it. All in all, my day and life are pretty fricking awesome!