Sometimes, pipes just burst or a discharge hose erupts.  People have even been known to deliberately cap off their pipes because it's no longer desirable for those pipes to continue to operate.  And sometimes accidents can simply break your pipes.  Some like to simply relax with their pipes.  My weekend was something of a memorable one - in a negative sort of way - but I like to think of the entire experience as the universe looking down favorably upon your somewhat slow witted and dullard scribe.

It seems that I had set my mind to doing some home improvement right about the time one of my bathroom pipes had decided that it had come to the end of its useful life.  The end result was some 20 hours spent knee deep in fiberglass insulation, plumbing fixtures, copper tubing, and Sawzalls.  Long about 2 AM Monday morning, I had finally gotten the state of affairs together enough to be able to turn the house water back on.  As I climbed into bed - as I found a few hours later as I was getting ready for work, I spent the night sleeping encased in the wonderful insulating quality of fiberglass - I thanked my wife for not having killed me for destroying the house and having had to cut through the shower to gain access to the tub pipes.  The wonderful new water feature in my kitchen below the bathroom wasn't as warmly received as I had hoped it would be.

As it happens, though, a claim on the homeowners insurance has led to the kitchen wall and ceiling being cut open and dehumidified.  Honest to God, I can see the bathroom through the ceiling/subflooring exposed in the kitchen.  So, there it is.  I am officially an idiot.  Plumbing is not for slow witted, dull writers and folks who are generally poorly conditioned to working with their hands.  

How is it, then, that the universe could've been looking out for me?  Well, it seems that the kitchen will now receive the professional paint job it should've had when we remodeled the place some 18 months back, and the late 1980's color-motif in the master bathroom will have to be gutted out and will be replaced with something a little more contemporary and a little less "Florida Marlins."  I hope.  So, it was almost like New Years' at the Mo Compound what with the promise of better things to come and all.

We had our guy in today to give us a quote on repairing the kitchen ceiling and walls...and replacing the cabinets that he had put up some 18 months ago.  I figure he'll give us a quote for a new tub and plumbing and a new shower as well. ... and what the hell, throw in a new vanity.  Everything including the bathroom sink.  But the week of Mo hasn't quite ended - while driving Mrs. Mo's Jeep today, it seems I clipped a mailbox and ripped off her antenna and gouged the side of the truck.  So, things COULD be worse...I mean over the last week including today, I've just bought myself about $1000 of deductable, but at least I'm insured.  Right?