January 22, 2021

A routine “flushing” turned into the replacement of my hot water heater, which Jamie the Plumber said was fourteen years old, an age which he seemed to think was prodigious. Something broke while he was replacing it, and the basement floor flooded. There’s no drain, but the bare floor is clay, so the water sank slowly away. Direct contact with the earth! I should have been more excited than I was. DSLLD plods forward. I have less than a week.