Monday, April 18, 2011

Water, Water everywhere!!

Well the day began innocently enough, after a rather hairy night, i have not been exposed to a Malay thunderstorm as of yet, and last night was a dozy, at one point i thought someone was dropping bombs on the island. There was no rumble buildup like our thunder it was just silence and then BOOM!!! Brenna was terrified and mommy slept with her until it passed. I honestly have to agree with her, my heart was racing as well after a couple of the big ones!! After we woke and had breakfast, Brenna spent most of the day with our neighbor and her new friend Katie. They played at our house, had some lunch, made a craft project, a stuffed monster doll that they decorated themselves. Then they went and played at Katie's, then they went to the store with Katie's mom and her younger sister, where Brenna got to make a Pikatchu window sticker for her room. When they got back i took the two girls down to the pool and they played in the pool for an hour and a half, they had a blast, and so did I. Lets go back a few hours, Rox had noticed some water near/under the refrigerator, she figured and passed onto me that the girls must have been playing with the water dispenser on the fridge and had gotten it on the floor. Rox had mopped up the water. Now when we got back from the pool we decided to head down to Cold Storage grocery to get some more fruit, we were out of it and some other essentials. When we got back, the puddle was in front of and under the fridge again, so I said, "we have a leak" I moved the refrigerator to check behind it to see where the leak was coming from, and all hell broke loose. It seems the copper pipe that was connected from the main water line to the ice and water dispenser nozzle on the back of the refrigerator had decided to go bad, but it had not gone all the way bad, it went all the way bad though, when i moved the refrigerator. We had water pouring all of the floor. In a panic we called Peggy our relocation specialist, and Rox emailed the owner of the property. We also had to get the security guards from the front desk to show us where to turn off the main water supply before the whole house was flooded. So Rox asked them to call for the plumber, and somehow between emails, phone calls, and the security guys, we got the main water supply turned off, the plumber arrived and got it shut down the rest of the way, and will be back tomorrow afternoon to finish the fix job...whew what a few hours that was. I swear sometimes I miss lowes/home depot. Anyway, we got dinner cooked, a recipe from home "Root Beer Ribs" which turned out pretty good. So Rox is going to go into work super early tomorrow which cuts out my running for the day, I may be able to go tomorrow afternoon though when Brenna and i get back from Bukit Merah Orang Utan Island Foundation. This is an island preserve that takes in a cares for... rather than have me stumble through an explanation here is an excerpt from their website "within the nurturing borders of this island  the Orang Utan Island Research and Development Programme was born in an effort to study, breed, monitor, train and rehabilitate the increasingly endangered orang utan." the website Brenna and I will be leaving via motor coach at 8:30 tomorrow morning, off on what should be a rewarding and educational adventure. We both promise to take lots of pictures!! So despite our momentary bout of chaos we are doing ok, and we had a good day!! Well goodnight you guys!!

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